| Svetlana is pictured above during the women's 800m heats at the 2008
Olympic Games in Beijing. Klyuka, who won the silver medal over 800m at
the 2006 Europeans in Gothenburg, finished just outside the medals in
4th place in a time of 1.56.94. |
Klyuka received a two-year ban from the sport for doping after her biological passport
showed abnormalities. The ban was set for the periods from February 2011 to 2013 and
all her performances from 15th. August 2009 up to that period were erased.
| |
|
Women's 800m. Final.
2008 Olympic Games.
|
| 1. Pamela JELIMO |
|
KEN |
|
1: 54.87 |
| 2. Janeth JEPKOSGEI BUSIENEI |
|
KEN |
|
1: 56.07 |
| 3. Hasna BENHASSI |
|
MOR |
|
1: 56.73 |
| 4. Svetlana KLYUKA |
|
RUS |
|
1: 56.94 |
| 5. Maria MUTOLA |
|
MOZ |
|
1: 57.68 |
| 6. Kenia SINCLAIR |
|
JAM |
|
1: 58.24 |
| 7. Yuliya KREVSUN |
|
UKR |
|
1: 58.73 |
| 8. Tatiana ANDRIANOVA |
|
RUS |
|
2: 02.63 |
| |
Svetlana Klyuka is pictured above during the final of the women's 800m at the
2007 World Championships in Osaka. Klyuka, the silver medalist at the 2006 European
Championships, finished in 7th place in a time of 2.00.90. Photo G.H. 25th. August 2007. ©
.
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|
Women's 800m. Final.
2007 World Athletics Championships.
|
| 1. Janeth JEPKOSGEI |
|
KEN |
|
1: 56.04 |
| 2. Hasna BENHASSI |
|
MAR |
|
1: 56.99 |
| 3. Mayte MARTINEZ |
|
ESP |
|
1: 57.62 |
| 4. Olga KOTLYAROVA |
|
RUS |
|
1: 58.22 |
| 5. Brigita LANGERHOLC |
|
SLO |
|
1: 58.52 |
| 6. Sviatlana USOVICH |
|
BLR |
|
1: 58.92 |
| 7. Svetlana KLYUKA |
|
RUS |
|
2: 00.90 |
| Maria de Lurdes MUTOLA |
|
MOZ |
|
DNF |
| |
Finish of the women's 800m final 7th. August 2006. © G.H.
| The photo above shows Svetlana (1606) battling for gold with her
compatriot Olga Kotlyarova in the final of the womens 800m at the 2006
European Championships in Gothenburg. It was Kotlyarova who was to
prevail, pipping Klyuka by 1 tenth of a second. It was the first medal
that Svetlana had won at a major championship. |
| |
|
Women's 800m. Final.
European Athletics Champs 2006.
|
| 1. Olga KOTLYAROVA |
|
RUS |
|
1: 57.38 |
| 2. Svetlana KLYUKA |
|
RUS |
|
1: 57.48 |
| 3. Rebecca LYNE |
|
GBR |
|
1: 58.45 |
| 4. Tetyana PETLYUK |
|
UKR |
|
1: 58.65 |
| 5. Brigita LANGERT-HOLC |
|
SLO |
|
1: 59.30 |
| 6. Teodora KOLAROVA |
|
BUL |
|
2: 00.00 |
| 7. Mayte MARTINEZ |
|
SPA |
|
2: 00.10 |
| 8. Svetlana CHERKASOVA |
|
RUS |
|
2: 03.43 |
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