Vladislav Yuryevich Frolov (russian: Владислав Юрьевич Фролов) (born 24 July 1980 in

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) is a Russian sprint athlete. He won the silver medal in the

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at the

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, running a personal best of 45.09 s. At the

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he won a silver medal in the

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, with teammates Ivan Buzolin,

Maksim Dyldin Maksim Sergeyevich Dyldin (russian: Максим Серге́евич Дылдин) (born 19 May 1987) is a Russian sprint athlete. He was part of the team that finished third in Men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but the team w ...

and Artem Sergeyenkov. The Russian team originally finished third, after Russia's anchor runner Sergeyenkov was pushed by Germany's

Bastian Swillims Bastian Swillims (born 9 December 1982) is a German sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He was born in Dortmund. His personal best time is 45.44 seconds, achieved in August 2007 in Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai regi ...

when the latter advanced past Sergeyenkov on the last lap. However, the incident resulted in the disqualification of the victorious German team and the subsequent promotion of Russia to second place. Frolov was part of the team that finished third in Men's 4x400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but the team was disqualified after team mate

Denis Alekseyev Denis Sergeyevich Alekseyev (russian: Денис Серге́евич Алексеев; born December 21, 1987) is a Russian sprint athlete, born in St. Petersburg. Doping ban Alekseyev tested positive for the anabolic steroid Dehydrochloromet ...

tested positive for doping.

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