Sergey Kirdyapkin is pictured during the 50k race walk on The Mall.
In 2016 his Olympic Gold medal was taken from him following another
investigation into his drug taking !
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Men's 50km Walk.
2012 London Games.
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| Sergey KIRDYAPKIN |
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RUS |
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3:35.59 |
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1. Jared TALLANT
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AUS |
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3:36.53 |
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2, Tianfeng SI
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CHN |
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3:37.16 |
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3. Robert HEFFERNAN
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IRL |
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3:37.54 |
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4. Igor EROKHIN
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RUS |
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3:37.54 |
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5. Sergey BAKULIN
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RUS |
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3:38.55 |
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6. Jianbo LI
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CHN |
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3:39.01 |
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7. Matej TOTH
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SVK |
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3:41.24 |
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The main photo above shows Sergey during the men's 50km Walk at the
2005 World Championships in Helsinki. The inset pictures show a delighted Kirdyapkin
crossing the line to win gold in a new PB time of 3: 38.08 and then celebrating the
moment with fellow Russian Aleksey Voyevodin who won the silver. Photos G. H. ©
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Men's 50km. Road Walk
2005 World Athletics Championships
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| 1. Sergey KIRDYAPKIN |
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RUS |
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3: 38: 08 |
| 2. Aleksey VOYEVODIN |
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RUS |
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3: 41: 25 |
| 3. Alex SCHWAZER |
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ITA |
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3: 41: 54 |
| 4. Trond NYMARK |
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NOR |
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3: 44: 04 |
| 5. Chengliang ZHAO |
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CHI |
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3: 44: 45 |
| 6. Omar ZEPEDA |
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MEX |
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3: 49: 01 |
| 7. Roman MAGDZIARCZYK |
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POL |
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3: 49: 55 |
| 8. Yuki YAMAZAKI |
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JAP |
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3: 51: 15 |
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On 20th January 2015 Kirdyapkin was disqualified for 3 years and 2 months starting from 15 October 2012,
and all his results between 20 July 2009 and 20 September 2009, between 29 June 2010 and 29 August 2011,
as well as between 17 December 2011 and 11 June 2012 (which include a world championship gold **)
were annulled.
** the 2009 Championships gold not the 2005. One wonders ?
His coach Viktor Chegin has coached no fewer than 30 athletes that have failed doping tests.