Yelena Soboleva
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Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva is a Russian former middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.
Soboleva at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics
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The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle-distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics s
Yelena Soboleva
…Владимировна Соболева, born 3 August 1982 in Bryansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian former middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 minutes in a race in Moscow, and in March 2008 she beat her own world record in…
Men's 1500 m final at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest. Jakob Ingebrigtsen leads with Josh Kerr to the far left and Yared Nuguse in center frame.
Athletes competing in the 2024 men's Olympic final
Olavi Salsola, Olavi Salonen and Olavi Vuorisalo (The three Olavis) break the 1500 m world record in 1957 in Turku, Finland.