Mikhail Mikhailovich Ryzhov (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Рыжов; born 17 December 1991) is a Russian race walker. He won the silver medal in the 50 kilometres walk event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia, but was disqualified for doping in 2015.[1]
Doping case
editIn September 2015 IAAF confirmed that Ryshov was provisionally suspended after a sample from an out-of-competition control in Saransk in June had been found positive for a prohibited substance.[2][3]
Competition record
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Russia
| |||||
| 2011 | Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 2nd | 20 km | 1:24:26 |
| 2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | 17th | 50 km | 3:53:49 |
| 2013 | European Race Walking Cup | Dudince, Slovakia | 2nd | 50 km | 3:44:41 |
| 1st | Team - 50 km | 12 pts | |||
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | DSQ (2nd) | 50 km | 3:38:58 | |
| 2014 | World Race Walking Cup | Taicang, China | 1st | 50 km | 3:39:05 |
| European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 4th | 50 km | 3:39:07 | |
| 2015 | European Race Walking Cup | Murcia, Spain | DSQ (1st) | 50 km | 3:43:32 |
| DSQ (1st) | 50 km - Team | 8 pts | |||
References
edit- ^ "Ireland's Rob Heffernan celebrates 'completely surreal' 50 km walk gold". Daily Telegraph. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ James Ellingworth: 6 Russian race walkers suspended over positive drug tests Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, Associated Press, bigstory.ap.org, 22 September 2015
- ^ "Всероссийская федерация легкой атлетики | Признание санкций ИААФ".
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