Vladimir Kanaykin

Vladimir Kanaykin
Владимир Канайкин

Personal information
Born	March 21, 1985 selo Atyurevo, Mordovian ASSR
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) (2011)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb) (2011)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Russia World Race Walking Cup 2012 Saransk 20 km walk

Vladimir Alekseevich Kanaykin (Russian: Владимир Алексеевич Канайкин; born 21 March 1985) is a Russian race walker.

Biography

On August 5, 2008, Kanaykin and training partners Sergey Morozov, Viktor Burayev, and Aleksey Voyevodin, all coached by Viktor Chegin were banned from competition, following a positive EPO test. The positive tests were conducted in April 2008^[1] and evidenced doping. He took the silver in men's 20km race walk in 1:20:27 at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu.^[2]

Disqualification

On 20 January 2015, Kanaykin was disqualified for life starting from 17 December 2012, and all his results between 25 January 2011 and 25 March 2011, as well as between 16 June 2011 and 27 September 2011 were annulled.^[3] On March 25, 2015, the IAAF filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration in Lausanne, Switzerland, questioning the selective disqualification of the suspension periods of the six athletes involved including Kanaykin.^[4]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Russia
2001	World Youth Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	1st	10,000 m	42:55.75
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	10,000 m	41:41.40
2004	World Race Walking Cup (U20)	Naumburg, Germany	—	10 km	DQ
	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	2nd	10,000 m	40:58.48
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	—	50 km	DQ
2006	World Race Walking Cup	La Coruña, Spain	—	50km	DQ
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	9th	50 km	3:51:51
2007	European Race Walking Cup	Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom	1st	50 km	3:40:57
			1st	Team - 50 km	8 pts
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	—	50 km	DNF
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	—	50 km	DQ (Doping)
2011	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão, Portugal	5th	20 km	1:24:20
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	—	20 km	DQ (Doping)
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	3rd	20km	1:19:43
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	—	20 km	DQ

References

1. "Russia athletes banned over drugs". BBC Sport. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
2. "Russia's Borchin retains world title in men's 20km race walk". Xinhua. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
3. "Информация о дисквалификации: легкая атлетика" (in Russian). Russian Anti-Doping Agency. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
4. "IAAF appeals six decisions recently made by RUSADA". IAAF. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.

External links

• Vladimir Kanaykin profile at IAAF
• trackfield.brinkster