The pictures above show Yelena during the final of the women's High Jump at the
2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Slesarenko, the defending champion after her
success in Athens, missed out on the medals this time, her jump of 2.01m
leaving her in 4th place.
In November 2016 following another examination of her 'sample' from The Games
she was removed from the result. Traces of banned drugs were found to have been
used. As was Vita Palamar at the same time !
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Women's High Jump Final.
2008 Olympic Games.
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| 1. Tia HELLEBAUT |
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BEL |
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2.05m |
| 2. Blanka VLASIC |
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CRO |
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2.05m |
| 3. Anna CHICHEROVA |
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RUS |
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2.03m |
| X. Yelena SLESARENKO |
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RUS |
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2.01m |
| X. Vita PALAMAR |
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UKR |
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1.99m |
| 4. Chaunte HOWARD |
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USA |
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1.99m |
| 5. Ruth BEITIA |
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ESP |
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1.96m |
| 6. Ariane FRIEDRICH |
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GER |
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1.96m |
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ANNUAL PROGRESS.
2014 1.85 Beijing 21 MAY
2013 1.92 Moskva 24 JUL
2011 1.97 Daegu 03 SEP
2011 1.97 Cheboksary 22 JUL
2009 1.96 Cheboksary 24 JUL
2008 2.03 Kazan 20 JUL
2007 2.02 München 24 JUN
2007 2.02 Oslo 15 JUN
2006 2.00 Paris Saint-Denis 08 JUL
2005 2.00 Tula 12 JUL
2004 2.06 Athína 28 AUG (personal best)
2003 1.96 Bydgoszcz 19 JUL
2002 1.97 Villeneuve-d'Ascq 16 JUN
2002 1.97 Tula 09 JUN
2002 1.97 Athína 30 MAY
2001 1.88 Grosseto 22 JUL
2001 1.88 Kazan 27 JUN
2000 1.88 Krasnodar 15 SEP