It's Ma's army all over again.

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The Russian winter meet pretty much annually produces times which indicate that their definition of foot-on-the-ground isn't quite the same as that used internationally.

[LopenUupunut]

But so did many non-Russians, with respectable times from international competitions to their name. Not everybody likes hot, humid weather...

[nevetsllim]

I noticed quite a lot of the juniors who did so well in that race pretty much bombed out at the European Cup.

[LopenUupunut]

Re: It's Ma's army all over again.

So 4 Russian women beat it in this race. Will it be ratified?

Nope, they had Russian judges only. (Same reason Kaniskina's 1:25:11 from the '08 edition wasn't ratified.)

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I've only just noticed the 20k results from Adler in February :shock:

1:24:56 Olga Kaniskina RUS 19/01/1985 1 Adler 28/02/2009
1:25:26 Vera Sokolova RUS 08/06/1987 2 Adler 28/02/2009
1:25:26 Anisya Kirdyapkina RUS 23/10/1989 3 Adler 28/02/2009
1:25:32 Yelena Shumkina RUS 24/01/1988 4 Adler 28/02/2009
1:25:52 Larisa Emelyanova RUS 06/01/1980 5 Adler 28/02/2009

The previous world record, achieved by Ivanova ( a proven drugs cheat) was 1'25:41.

So 4 Russian women beat it in this race. Will it be ratified? Kirdyapkina is flippin 19. :shock: