- Vladimir Kanaykin
Vladimir Kanaykin (born
21 March 1985 in Mordvinian ASSR) is aRussia n race walker.He won the 2002 World Junior Championships, took the silver medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships and finished ninth in the 50 km race at the 2006 European Championships
He competed at the 2005 World Championships, but was disqualified.
On
September 29 ,2007 Kanaykin set a new world record for the 20km race walk at the 2007 IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final, inSaransk ,Russia . He walked a time of 1 hour, 17 minutes, 16 seconds to break the record previously held by three-time world championJefferson Pérez ofEcuador . Kanaykin's record has since been broken by compatriot Sergey Morozov.On
August 5 ,2008 , Kanaykin and training partnerValeriy Borchin were banned from competition, following a positive EPO test. The positive tests were conducted in April 2008. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/cycling/7542576.stm Russia athletes banned over drugs - BBC Sport.] ]External links
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