Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva (russian: Елена Владимировна Соболева, born 3 August 1982 in

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who specialized in the

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. In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 minutes in a race in Moscow, and in March 2008 she beat her own world record in

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. She won a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships in Moscow. During the Russian Indoor meeting in Moscow in January 2008, she set a new national record in the women's

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with a time of 4:20.21 minutes, which was the third fastest of all-time. She also holds the national indoor record for 800 m, set in Moscow during the 2008 season. After a two-year doping ban from 2007, she returned to the sport in 2011, but retired after the 2013 season.

Doping ban

Soboleva was selected to represent Russia in both the 800 m and

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at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, but was suspended from competition, after the discovery of doping test irregularities. She and four her teammates were charged in substitution of their urine tests after competitions last year. There were no charges in using of doping but they were suspended. On 20 October 2008, it was announced that Soboleva, along with six other Russian athletes would receive two-year doping bans for manipulating drug samples. The ban came into effect from April 2007, when the samples were given for testing. On 7 April 2021, Soboleva was banned from athletics for 8 years by the

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with all of her competitive results from 1 May 2011 to 15 December 2016 disqualified.CAS Media Release (tas-cas.org)

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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- 1:57.28 min (2006) *

- 3:56.43 min (2006) * 3000 metres - 8:55.89 min (2005) Indoor *

- 1:58.53 min (2006) *

- 3:58.28 min (2006)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soboleva, Yelena 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Bryansk Russian female middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Athletes stripped of World Athletics Championships medals Russian Athletics Championships winners World record setters in athletics (track and field) Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases

Doping ban

International competitions

Personal bests

See also

References