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Liliya Shobukhova
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
BIRTHDATE:
November 13, 1977
PERSONAL BEST:
2:24:24 (London, 2009)
WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:
11Oct09 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 1st 2:25:56
26Apr09 Flora London Marathon 3rd 2:24:24
CAREER NOTES:
Shobukhova's marathon debut was at London 2009 and it was eminently successful as she made it all the way to the podium with her third place 2:24:24.
Six months later she started off conservatively at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, reaching the halfway point in 1:15:05 along with most of the other leading contenders. At 40 kilometers she finally made her move, blazing the final stretch in 6 minutes, 36 seconds, well under 5 minutes per mile pace. Shobukhova ended up 35 seconds ahead of Irina Mikitenko who had beaten her at London.
She comes from a solid track background, with silver medals at 5,000 meters at both the 2006 World Cup and European Championships. Her best time of 14:23.75 was run in July, 2008. During this past summer she lowered her 10,000 meters personal best to 30:30.93.
Shobukhova (formerly Volkova) also has exceptional 3,000 meters speed, with a best of 8:27.86 in 2006 when it was a indoor world record.
She has also run some roads race in the U.S. Her most notable victory came at the Philadelphia Distance Run Half-Marathon in 2008 when she beat Catherine Ndereba by 11 seconds and set a personal best of 1:10:21.
