Elena Lashmanova

Elena Anatolyevna Lashmanova (Russian: Елена Анатольевна Лашманова, born April 9, 1992 in Saransk, Mordovia) is a Russian race walker. She was the 2012 Olympic Champion in the 20 km walk. She received a two-year ban for a doping violation along with a similar penalty for the majority of her training partners shortly thereafter. Her Olympic gold was not affected, though. It is claimed by Russian whistleblower Rodchenkov that her positive sample (found with the doping compound GW1516) was in fact one from her 2012 olympics mistakenly substituted for a further positive test result by the state run doping programme. He claims that she had at least 2 positive findings that went unreported and that this one was reported only because it was witnessed by non Russian experts.[1]

Elena Lashmanova
Personal information
Full nameElena Anatolyevna Lashmanova
NationalityRussian
Born (1992-04-09) April 9, 1992
Saransk, Mordovia, Russia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Racewalking
TeamDynamo Saransk
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Russia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
Total 1 0 0
Olympic Games
2012 London20 km walk
World Championships
2013 Moscow20 km walk
World Race Walking Cup
2012 Saransk20 km walk

Biography

In her Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Lashmanova won gold in the women's 20 kilometres walk in world record time.

On 22 June 2014, it was announced that Lashmanova had tested positive for doping, along with a large number of other Russian race-walkers, and would receive a two-year suspension.[2] She would come off of the doping suspension in time to defend her Olympic gold medal.[3] She joined over a dozen other elite Russian race walkers all coached by Viktor Chegin to receive doping suspensions.

She was alleged to have competed on 30 December 2014 despite the drug suspension. If proven her ban could be extended for a further two years.[4]

Her world record was beaten in 2015 by China's Liu Hong.[5]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Russia
2009 World Youth Championships Brixen, Italy 1st 5000 m track walk 22:55.45
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 1st 10000 m track walk 44:11.90
2011 European Race Walking Cup Olhão, Portugal 1st 10 km (U20) 43:10
1st Team - 10 km Junior 3 pts
European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 1st 10000 m track walk 42:59.48 WJR
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 1st 20 km walk 1:27:38
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 1st 20 km walk 1:25:02 WR
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 1st 20 km walk 1:27:08

See also

References
  1. Rodchenkov, Grigory (2020). The Rodchenkov Affair. United Kingdom: Penguin. pp. 167–168. ISBN 9780753553329.
  2. "Elena Lashmanova, Olympic champion in the 20 km walk, suspended two years," La Dernière Heure (June 22, 2014). Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  3. "Disqualification," Russian Athletics (June 21, 2014). Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  4. "IAAF investigating Russian Olympic gold medallist Elena Lashmanova," The Guardian (January 14, 2015). Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  5. Liu breaks 20km race walk world record in La Coruna. IAAF (2015-06-06). Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
Records
Preceded by
Vera Sokolova		 Women's 20 km world record holder
11 August 2012 – 27 February 2015		 Succeeded by
Elmira Alembekova
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.