The photo above shows the Russian 4x400m relay team - Svetlana is second right - enjoying
a lap of honour after winning gold at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki.
The other athletes are, from left to right, Olesya Krasnomovets, Natalya Antyukh
and Yuliya Pechonkina.
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Women's 4x400m. Relay final. 2005 World Athletics Championships
1. Russia (Y. Pechonkina, O. Krasnomovets, N. Antyukh,
S. Pospelova)
3: 20.95
2. Jamaica (S. Williams, N. Williams, R. Smith, L. Fenton) 3: 23.29
3. GBR & NI (L. McConnell, D. Fraser, N. Sanders, C. Ohuruogu) 3: 24.44
4. Poland (A. Guzowska, M. Bejnar, G. Prokopek, A. Jesien) 3: 24.49
5. Ukraine (A. Yefremova, O. Ilyushkina, L. Pilyuhina, N. Pyhyda) 3: 27.00
6. Germany (C. Marx, C. Hoffmann, C. Fink, U. Urbansky) 3: 28.00
Brazil (M.L. Almirão, G.A. Coutinho, J. Tito, L. Teodoro) DSQ
Belarus (A. Nevmerzhitskaya, N. Sologub, A. Kozak, I. Usovich) DSQ.
Svetlana is pictured above during the heats of the women's 400m at the at the
2005 World Championships in Helsinki. She qualified for the final and finished
in a highly creditable fourth place in a time of 3: 20.95. Photo G Herringshaw ©
7th August 2005.
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Women's 400m Final.
2005 World Athletics Championships.
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| 1. Tonique WILLIAMS-DARLING |
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BAH |
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49.55 |
| 2. Sanya RICHARDS |
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USA |
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49.74 |
| 3. Ana GUEVARA |
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MEX |
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48.81 |
| 4. Svetlana POSPELOVA |
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RUS |
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50.11 |
| 5. Deedee TROTTER |
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USA |
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51.14 |
| 6. Oleysa ZYKINA |
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RUS |
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51.24 |
| 7. Monique HENDERSON |
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USA |
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51.77 |
| 8. Amy Mbacke THIAM |
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SEN |
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52.22 |
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She was banned from competing in 2000 after she failed an out-of-competition test at the
2000 Summer Olympics. She received a two-year ban from the sport for
the positive test for stanozolol.
ANNUAL PROGRESS.
2008 51.18 Kazan 17 JUL
2007 51.13 Sochi 26 MAY
2006 49.99 Tula 13 JUN
2005 49.80 Tula 11 JUL (personal best)
2004 51.69 Tula 24 JUL
2003 50.70 Luzern 25 JUN
2000 50.47 Luzern 27 JUN
1999 52.58 Kuortane 26 JUN
1998 54.80 Annecy 28 JUL