Kapachinskaya`s Times Faster Than Last Year

Two rounds were held in the women`s 200 m, with notable performances coming
from the unheralded World champion Anastasiya Kapachinskaya. Kapachinskaya
ran a 23,04 race in the opening round and tuned up to a 22,71 effort in her
semifinal. That was an improvement on last year`s comparable results (23,20
and 22,96 respectively), when Kapachinskaya went on to a World Indoor
bronze. The final will take place on Thursday, Feb 19.

Russian Indoor Championships

Moscow, Feb 18

200 m Semifinals

Women
1.
1. Anastasiya Kapachinskaya 22,71
2. Yuliya Guschina 23,45
3. Inna Gorodilova 23,56
4. Tatyana Veshkurova 24,61

2.
1. Svetlana Goncharenko 23,16
2. Svetlana Pospelova 23,40
3. Irina Rosikhina 24,03
4. Yuliya Tikhomirova 24,16
5. Olga Kuzekmayeva 24,25
6. Natalya Lavshuk 24,29

3.
1. Irina Khabarova 23,33
2. Natalya Ivanova 23,44
3. Yekaterina Kondratyeva 23,71
4. Yelena Bolsun 24,28
5. Svetlana Strekalova 24,55
6. Inessa Poltorak 25,31