The Russian biathlonist Maxime Tsvetkov ran the London marathon

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the Biathlonist of Maxime Tsvetkov ran the London marathon
the Member of a national team Russian Federation on biathlon Maxime Tsvetkov took part in a traditional London marathon which passed on streets of the capital United Kingdom.

"Children, I passed, not to express emotion in words. Time - 3 minutes 52 seconds, thought it will turn out quicker, but muscles told "not today", - the world champion told to the subscribers in website "Instagram".

as a result, Maxime Tsvetkov took the 4094th place in category of men at the age of 18-39 years.

the London marathon is carried out by

since 1981 and is one of the most mass and prestigious in the track and field athletics world. This time on a distance more than forty thousand people went. Did not do without record achievements. So, at women Keytani Marie crossed finishing line with result 2:17:01 AM. It is the second result in the history and a world record for female runnings. Absolute record in joint running with men Paula Radcliff from United Kingdom owns who showed this result on the same route in the capital United Kingdom in 2003 - 2:15:25 AM.<"12>"

In man's running experts and fans waited for triumph from Kenenisa Bekele's triple Olympic champion. However the well-known Ethiopian remained this time the second, having passed forward the 24-year-old Kenyan Vandzhiru Danielle (2:05:48 AM). Bekele's loss made nine seconds.

Meanwhile organizers of the London marathon employed lawyers to Russian Federation to force the Russian runner Shobukhov Lily to return prize-winning for victories in runnings 2010 and 2011. Let's remind that last year the court to United Kingdom obliged the athlete to pay to organizers of competitions of 497 thousand dollars.

It is known that the sportswoman was discharged by

of competitive activity for two years because of abnormal indicators of a hematologic profile of the biological passport. As a result all its achievements won since 2009, were cancelled.

In May, 2016 Shobukhov Lily declared completion of career of the athlete.