2001 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships | |
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Dates | 16–18 February |
Host city | Moscow |
Venue | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
Events | 28 |
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The 2001 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике в помещении 2001) was the 10th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for Russia. It was held on 16–18 February at the Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA in Moscow. A total of 28 events (14 for men and 14 for women) were contested over the three-day competition.[1] It was used for selection of the Russian team for the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Three individual championship records were set at the competition: Lyudmila Galkina won the women's long jump in 7.00 m (22 ft 11+1⁄2 in),[2] Tatyana Lebedeva won the women's triple jump in 15.00 m (49 ft 2+1⁄2 in), and Olga Kotlyarova set a time of 50.72 seconds to win the women's 400 metres.[3]
The Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships was held separately on 16–18 February in Chelyabinsk at the Ural State University of Physical Culture arena. In the decathlon, fourth placer Nikolai Averyanov set a Russian under-23 record of 5571 points.[4][5]