2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup
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The 2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup
was held on 16 February 2008 at the CSKA Universal Sports Hall
in Moscow
, Russia
. It was the fourth and final edition of the indoor track and field
meeting for international teams, which featured the six top performing nations from the 2007 European Cup and the top two from the European Cup First League. Great Britain and Northern Ireland did not send either a men's or women's team and they were replaced by Ukraine
and Spain
, respectively. The men's team from Greece
also opted not to participate and they were replaced by Sweden
(the third best finisher in the 2007 European A League). The host nation won both the men's and women's competitions.
The competition featured nineteen athletics events, nine for men and ten for women. The 400 metres
race were held in a dual final format due to size constraints, with athletes' being assigned final positions through their finishing times. The international team points totals were decided by their athletes' finishing positions, with each representative's performance contributing towards their national overall score.
Russia won the men's competition, taking five of the nine available gold medal
s and having eighteen points to spare over second-placed Spain
. Yevgeniy Borisov was one of the team's best performers as he won the 60 metres hurdles
in a Russian record
time of 7.44 seconds. The Russian women's team was even more dominant than their male counterparts as the team went on to continue their undefeated streak, winning six of the ten women's events and finishing 24 points clear of the runner-up Germany
.
The French women became the first team to finish the competition without winning a single medal, although their points total of 23 was one higher than the record low (Sweden in 2006
).
European Athletics Indoor Cup
The European Athletics Indoor Cup was a biennial athletics sporting event that first took place in 2003 in Leipzig, Germany, where it was also organized the following year. The 3rd edition was held in 2006, in order to be held every two years to alternate with the European Indoor Championships in...
was held on 16 February 2008 at the CSKA Universal Sports Hall
CSKA Universal Sports Hall
Alexander Gomelsky CSKA Universal Sports Hall, formerly known as CSKA Palace of Sports, is an indoor sporting arena located in Moscow, Russia...
in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It was the fourth and final edition of the indoor track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
meeting for international teams, which featured the six top performing nations from the 2007 European Cup and the top two from the European Cup First League. Great Britain and Northern Ireland did not send either a men's or women's team and they were replaced by Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
and Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, respectively. The men's team from Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
also opted not to participate and they were replaced by Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
(the third best finisher in the 2007 European A League). The host nation won both the men's and women's competitions.
The competition featured nineteen athletics events, nine for men and ten for women. The 400 metres
400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...
race were held in a dual final format due to size constraints, with athletes' being assigned final positions through their finishing times. The international team points totals were decided by their athletes' finishing positions, with each representative's performance contributing towards their national overall score.
Russia won the men's competition, taking five of the nine available gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
s and having eighteen points to spare over second-placed Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. Yevgeniy Borisov was one of the team's best performers as he won the 60 metres hurdles
60 metres hurdles
60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 60 metres including the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds and 7.30 seconds ,...
in a Russian record
Russian records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Russia maintained by All-Russia Athletic Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distanceht = hand timingX = unratified due to no doping control-External links:...
time of 7.44 seconds. The Russian women's team was even more dominant than their male counterparts as the team went on to continue their undefeated streak, winning six of the ten women's events and finishing 24 points clear of the runner-up Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
The French women became the first team to finish the competition without winning a single medal, although their points total of 23 was one higher than the record low (Sweden in 2006
2006 European Athletics Indoor Cup
The 2006 European Athletics Indoor Cup was held on 5 March 2006 at the Stade Couvert Régional in Liévin, France. It was the third edition of the indoor track and field meeting for international teams, which featured the six top performing nations from the 2005 European Cup and the top two from the...
).
Men
| 60 metres | 6.61 | 6.62 | 6.63 | |||
| 400 metres | 46.55 | 46.57 | 46.60 | |||
| 800 metres | 1:49.58 | 1:49.73 | 1:49.91 | |||
| 1500 metres | 3:48.31 | 3:48.85 | 3:49.02 | |||
| 3000 metres | 8:16.02 | 8:16.03 | 8:19.26 | |||
| 60 metres hurdles | 7.44 NR Russian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Russia maintained by All-Russia Athletic Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distanceht = hand timingX = unratified due to no doping control-External links:... |
7.57 | 7.71 | |||
| Swedish relay Swedish relay Swedish relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners. The first runner runs 100 meters, the second one 200 m, the third one 300 m and the fourth runner 400 m, so the total length of the race is one kilometer.... (800/600/400/200 m) |
 RussiaDmitriy Bogdanov Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.-Athletic career:Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the... Vladislav Frolov Vladislav Frolov Vladislav Yuryevich Frolov is a Russian sprint athlete.He won the silver medal in the 400 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, running a personal best of 45.09 s.... Roman Smirnov Roman Smirnov (athlete) Roman Petrovich Smirnov is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.57 seconds, achieved in June 2008 in Chania. He also has 10.38 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Zhukovskiy; and 6.74 seconds in the 60 metres, achieved in December 2005... |
4:10.58 |  GermanyRobin Schembera Robin Schembera Robin Schembera is a German middle distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres.In the age classes, Schembera finished sixth at the 2005 World Youth Championships, won the 2007 European Junior Championships and won a bronze medal at the 2009 European U23 Championships... Steffen Co Ingo Schultz Ingo Schultz Ingo Schultz is a German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Career:Schultz took up athletics in 1997, and ran his first 400 metres race in 1998, clocking in 49.45 seconds. The next season he lowered his time to 45.99 s.... Stefan Kuhlee |
4:12.07 |  ItalyChristian Neunhäuserer Maurizio Bobbato Domenico Rao Domenico Rao Domenico Rao is a male track and field sprinter from Italia who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 47.09 seconds, achieved in 1998.... Matteo Galvan Matteo Galvan Matteo Galvan is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 200 and 400 metres. His career highlight so far is the 2009 European Indoor Championships, where he placed sixth in the 400 metres and won a gold medal in the relay.-Career:Galvan was born in Vicenza... |
4:15.91 |
| Pole vault | 5.65 m | 5.60 m | 5.50 m | |||
| Triple jump | 16.77 m | 16.43 m | 16.34 m |
Women
| 60 metres | 7.24 | 7.26 | 7.31 | |||
| 400 metres | 51.91 | 52.42 | 53.09 | |||
| 800 metres | 2:01.50 | 2:01.73 | 2:02.57 | |||
| 1500 metres | 4:15.28 | 4:16.56 | 4:16.74 | |||
| 3000 metres | 8:57.78 | 8:58.94 | 9:00.26 | |||
| 60 metres hurdles | 7.93 | 8.07 | 8.10 | |||
| Swedish relay (800/600/400/200 m) |
Russia Tatyana Paliyenko Tatyana Firova Tatyana Firova Tatyana Pavlovna Firova is a Russian sprint athlete.Firova won the silver medal in the 4 x 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Two years later, at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha, she finished second behind American athlete Debbie Dunn in the 400 metres, obtaining her first... Yuliya Gushchina Yuliya Gushchina Yuliya Aleksandrovna Gushchina is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Gushchina represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 4x100 metres relay, together with Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya and Yevgeniya Polyakova. In their first round... Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Anastasiya Alexandrovna Kapachinskaya is a sprint athlete.At the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2004 she won the 200 m, but was stripped of the title after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol... |
4:43.22 |  BelarusSviatlana Usovich Sviatlana Usovich Sviatlana Usovich is a Belarusian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... Iryna Khliustava Anna Kozak Anna Kozak Anna Kozak is a Belarusian sprinter.Together with Natallia Solohub, Ilona Usovich and Svetlana Usovich she won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. For the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, the Belarusian team had substituted Svetlana Usovich with... Anastasia Shuliak |
4:48.25 |  PolandAgnieszka Sowińska Małgorzata Pskit Małgorzata Pskit Małgorzata Pskit is a retired Polish athlete specializing in the 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor*200m 24.86*400m 53.10 *400m hurdles 54.75 *800m 2:04.88Indoor... Grażyna Prokopek Grazyna Prokopek Grażyna Prokopek is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres and 4x400 m relay.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.67 s *200 metres - 23.22 s *400 metres - 51.29 s -External links:... Marta Jeschke Marta Jeschke Marta Jeschke is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. Her personal best time is 23.41 seconds, achieved in August 2007 in Bochum. She has 11.79 seconds in the 100 metres.... |
4:53.23 |
| High jump | 2.00 m | 1.98 m | 1.95 m | |||
| Long jump | 6.60 m | 6.57 m | 6.51 m | |||
| Shot put | 17.84 m | 17.74 m | 17.27 m |
Medal table
Key:| Rank | Nation | Points total | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medal total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia |
67 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 |  Spain |
49 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Italy |
46 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Germany |
46 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Poland |
35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Sweden |
30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Ukraine |
29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  France |
27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | ||
| Rank | Nation | Points total | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medal total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia |
77 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Germany |
53 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Spain |
50 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Poland |
45 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Italy |
44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Belarus |
41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Ukraine |
37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | France |
23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | ||