Day of favourites: Nikitin Vladimir, Tkalich Jaroslaw and Christina Makarenko won sure victories in Track and field athletics championship of Russia

In the first day Track and field athletics championship of Russia were defined winners in eight disciplines, and in seven of them last year's champions took priority. Gold medals won again Nikitin Vladimir and Aplachkina Svetlana — in run on 5000 m, Christina Makarenko and Tkalich Jaroslaw — on a smooth hundred-meter race, Afonin Maxime and Trofimets Snejana — in shot put and Vasilii Mizinov — in walking on 10 000 m. The skorokhodka Chepareva Elvire who outstripped Reykhan Kagramanova became the new champion of the country. And Paulina Knoroz almost failed qualification in pole vaults, having cleared the necessary bar of 4,20 m...