Vladislav Yuryevich Frolov () (born 24 July 1980 in

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) is a Russian sprint athlete. He won the silver medal in the

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at the

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, running a personal best of 45.09 s. At the 2007 European Indoor Athletics Championships he won a silver medal in the

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, with teammates Ivan Buzolin,

Maksim Dyldin Maksim Sergeyevich Dyldin (; born 19 May 1987) is a Russian sprint athlete. He was part of the team that finished third in Men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but the team was disqualified after teammate Denis Alekseyev tested p ...

and Artem Sergeyenkov. The Russian team originally finished third, after Russia's anchor runner Sergeyenkov was pushed by Germany's Bastian Swillims when the latter advanced past Sergeyenkov on the last lap. However, the incident resulted in the disqualification of the victorious German team and the subsequent promotion of Russia to second place. Frolov was part of the team that finished third in Men's 4x400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but the team was disqualified after team mate Denis Alekseyev tested positive for doping.

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