Yevgeniya Andreyevna Polyakova () (born 29 May 1983 in

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) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the

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. Polyakova represented Russia at the

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in Beijing competing at the

sprint. In her first round heat she placed first in front of Jade Bailey and

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in a time of 11.24 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 11.13 seconds, finishing second behind Shelly-Ann Fraser to qualify for the semi-finals. With a time of 11.38 she was unable to qualify for the final as her time was only the seventh time of her heat, causing elimination. Together with Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina and Yuliya Chermoshanskaya she also took part in the

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. In their first round heat they placed second behind

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, but in front of Germany and China. Their time of 42.87 seconds was also the second time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final in which they sprinted to 42.31 seconds, the first place and the gold medal. The Jamaican team did not finish due to a mistake in the baton exchange. In August 2016, she and her three Russian teammates were stripped of their Olympic gold medal due to a doping violation by Chermoshanskaya.IOC sanctions Yulia Chermoshanskaya for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
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International competitions

Personal bests

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– 7.09 s (2008, indoor) *

– 11.09 s (2007)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Polyakova, Yevgeniya 1983 births Living people Athletes from Moscow Russian female sprinters Olympic female sprinters Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Russian sportswomen