Lada Chernova is an Russia

Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

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Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

er. Her personal best throw is 63.35 meters, achieved in August 2007 in Tula

Tula, Russia

Tula is an industrial city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast, Russia. It is located south of Moscow, on the Upa River. Population: -History:...

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She finished seventh at the 2006 World Cup

2006 IAAF World Cup

The 10th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event, held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, which took place on 16 and 17 September 2006 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece....

. She also competed at the 2006 European Championships

2006 European Championships in Athletics

The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit"...

 and the 2007 World Championships

2007 World Championships in Athletics - Women's javelin throw

The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 29, 2007 and August 31, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan...

 without reaching the final.

Just before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing

Beijing

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, she was banned from taking part in the games along with many other Russian

Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 track and field athletes including Yelena Soboleva

Yelena Soboleva

Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 seconds in a race in Moscow, and in March 2008 she beat her own world record in Valencia...

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Achievements

Representing
2007	World Championships 2007 World Championships in Athletics The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007...	Osaka, Japan	16th	58.12 m