The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland, the site of the first IAAF
Vera Sokolova
…Championships in Sochi with a world record in the 20 km road walk of 1:25:08, knocking 33 seconds off the former record set by Olimpiada Ivanova in the 2005 World Championships final. She continues to be coached by Viktor Chegin, after he has been suspended for a lengthy series of performance-enhancing drug suspensions against…
Helsinki Olympic Stadium at the opening day of the 2005 World Championships in Athletics.