Lebedeva wins first Russian gold in track and field world championship
Russian team won first gold medal of world championship for indoor track and field athletics, which is held these days in Moscow. Olympic champion in broad jump Tatyana Lebedeva celebrated victory in triple jump competitions. She flew to the distance of 14 m and 95 cm during first attempt. No one was able to beat this result.
Another Russian sportswoman Anna Pyatikh won silver. She lost only 2 cm to the winner and result of 14.93 m became her new personal record. Sudanese sportswoman Yamil Aldam was third.
Moreover, Russian Lilia Shobukhova became silver medalist in race for 3000 meters, losing to Ethiopian sportswoman Mezeret Defar.
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