“According to their latest results, they were considered to be real contenders for Olympic medals, including gold,” All Russia Athletics Federation president Valentin Balakhnichev said.
Fomenko was second to Soboleva when she set the indoor world record of 3 minutes, 57.71 seconds on March 9 in Valencia, Spain, breaking her previous mark of 3:58.05. Tomashova won world titles at the 2003 and ’05 championships, and won silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics, while Yegorova won the 5,000 at the 2001 Edmonton worlds and took silver in the 1,500 at the 2005 Helsinki worlds and gold in 3,000 at the 2001 indoor worlds.
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