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Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
About Yevgeniya Polyakova
- Yevgeniya Andreyevna Polyakova (Russian: ??????? ????????? ????????) (born 29 May 1983 in Moscow) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.Polyakova represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 100 metres sprint.
- In her first round heat she placed first in front of Jade Bailey and Sherone Simpson in a time of 11.24 to advance to the second round.
- There she improved her time to 11.13 seconds, finishing second behind Shelly-Ann Fraser to qualify for the semi finals.
- With a time of 11.38 she was unable to qualify for the final as her time was only the seventh time of her heat, causing elimination.
- Together with Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina and Yuliya Chermoshanskaya she also took part in the 4x100 metres relay.
- In their first round heat they placed second behind Jamaica, but in front of Germany and China.
- Their time of 42.87 seconds was also the second time overall out of sixteen participating nations.
- With this result they qualified for the final in which they sprinted to 42.31 seconds, the first place and the gold medal.
- The Jamaican team did not finish due to a mistake in the baton exchange.
- In August 2016, she and her three Russian teammates were stripped of their Olympic gold medal due to a doping violation by Chermoshanskaya.
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