Vladimir Kanaykin

Vladimir Alexeyevich Kanaikin (Russian: Владимир Алексеевич Канайкин, English transcription Vladimir Kanaykin, . Born March 21, 1985 in Atjurjewo, Mordovia ) is a Russian -goers.

The former youth and junior world champion over 10,000 meters and the Ninth European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg in 2006 over 50 km of walking surprised in 2007 when he is 20 km walking around more than four minutes improved his personal best and with a 1:17:16 h Athletics - world record.

At the Russian Championships in June 2008 Kanaikin remained as the winner Sergei Morozov under 1:17 hours, but was announced shortly before the Olympic Games in Beijing, that Kanaikin in April positive for erythropoietin (EPO) was tested. Kanaikin was also suspended and removed from the Russian Olympic squad as Morozov, the doping investigators went in July into the net. Kanaikin has been banned for violating doping rules for two years, and canceled his time of the Russian Championships. However, he remains record holder, because the achieved during the same competition time of Morozov was not ratified as a world record because it was missed at the event to make a drug test.

At the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, he got behind fellow countryman Valeriy Borchin in a time of 1:20:27 h the silver medal in the 20 km walk,