|
}} Valeriy Viktorovich Borchin ((ロシア語:Вале́рий Ви́кторович Бо́рчин); born 11 September 1986) is a race walker from Russia who was the reigning Olympic and is World champion over the 20 km distance.〔(Valeriy Borchin ). Sports-Reference. Retrieved 2011-04-10.〕 ==Biography== He was born in the village of Povadimovo near Saransk in what is now the Republic of Mordovia. After trying out weightlifting and long-distance running in his youth, he began practising racewalking at the age of seventeen after a knee injury. He met Viktor Chegin, a prominent Olympic-level coach in the region, in 2004 and began practising with his training group. The year after he was the runner-up in the junior 10 km walk in the national championships.〔Maryanchik, Natalia (2009-07-19). (Focus on Athletes - Valeriy Borchin ). IAAF. Retrieved 2011-04-10.〕 However, he received a year-long ban from competition soon after, lasting from June 2005 to 2006, after he failed an in-competition drugs test for the banned stimulant ephedrine.〔(Athletes Sanctioned for a Doping Offence Committed During 2005 ). IAAF (2005). Retrieved 2011-04-10.〕 Upon his return to competition, he took the senior national title and won the 20 km walk silver medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships. Borchin formed part of a Russian medal sweep at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships, taking the gold medal and he competed at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics later that year, but did not manage to finish the race.〔(2007 World Championships - Men's 20km Walk results ). IAAF. Retrieved 2011-04-10.〕 He was runner-up to Paquillo Fernández at the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary in May, leading Russia to the team victory.〔(2008 RW Cup Official Team Results 20 Kilometres Race Walk - M ). IAAF (2008-05-10). Retrieved 2011-04-10.〕 A week prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, his coach Viktor Chegin admitted that Borchin and fellow Russian walker Vladimir Kanaykin had failed an out-of-competition test in April that year, testing positive for the blood-booster EPO.〔(Russia athletes banned over drugs ). BBC Sport (2008-08-07). Retrieved 2011-04-10.〕 However, he dismissed the claims, saying he had not given a positive test and he not trained with or spoken to any of the other Russian walkers. Borchin was allowed to compete and won the gold medal in the 20 km race at the Olympics.〔Pye, John (2008-07-16). (Olympics – Men’s 20km walk: Borchin wins, then walks into inquisition ). AP/Malta Independent. Retrieved 2011-04-10.〕〔Koranyi, Balazs (2008-08-16). (Champ Borchin brushes off drug links ). Reuters. Retrieved 2011-04-10.〕 It was not explained why Borchin was allowed to compete – in spite the admittance of a positive test by the Russian Athletics Federation, he did not receive a doping ban and was allowed to keep his medal and continue racing.〔(Borchin's tainted gold makes mockery of long march ). ''Irish Independent'' (2008-08-17). Retrieved 2011-04-10.〕 He won his first world title the next year with a victory at the 2009 World Championships. Borchin was absent for the 2010 season, which featured no major championships, and returned to compete the following year. He opened his 2011 season with a win at the 20th edition of the International Race Walking Grand Prix in Rio Maior in April.〔Fernandes, António Manuel (2011-04-09).( Borchin and Kaniskina on cruise control in Rio Maior – IAAF Race Walking Challenge ). IAAF. Retrieved 2011-04-10.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Valeriy Borchin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|