Olympic high jump champion Maria Lasitskene 110m hurdles world champion Sergei Shubenkov and pole vault silver medalist Angelique Sidorova entered the preliminary list of participants of the All-Russian Spartakiad in summer sports among the strongest athletes in 2022, follows from the document of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF).
The world champion will also participate in the competition. Alexander Menkov 2012 Olympics medalist Elena Sokolova (both long jump), silver medalist at the European Championships Timur Morgunov , champion of Russia Polina Knoroz (both – pole vault). Polina Miller will participate in the 400 meter race, Vitaly Pronkin, medalist at the world championships, will participate in the hammer throw tournament. Triple winner of the European Championships Ilya Chkurenev entered the list of participants in the decathlon.
World High Jump Championship bronze medalist Ilya Ivanyuk is also due to compete in Spartakiad. Mikhail Akimenko and Danil Lysenko will miss the tournament.
The athletics finals will be held in Chelyabinsk from August 24-29.
The All-Russian Spartakiad among the strongest athletes will last from August 10 to October 2. Competitions will be held in 12 regions of the country in 39 sports. The application for the tournament includes the country’s strongest athletes, who are included in the national teams of the constituent entities of Russia.
Source : MatchTV
