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71-643: The observation platform is on a steep bank 85 m (279 ft) above the river, or 200 m (660 ft) above sea level. The Central Lenin Stadium , where the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1980 Summer Olympics took place, is right below, across the Moskva River . Next to it is the Novodevichy Convent , with its Naryshkin Baroque towers. Not far from the observation platform

142-634: A Cuban athlete who competes in the 110 metres hurdles deserted his national delegation during the championships and did not return to Cuba at its conclusion. Ortega had received a six-month ban from the Cuban Athletics Federation earlier in the season for unspecified disciplinary reasons. Valentin Balakhnichev, the president of the Russian Athletics Federation , stated that he had had no contact from

213-512: A rainbow pattern in support of gay rights and displayed the colours during the qualifying rounds. The IAAF notified the Swedish Athletics Federation that this gesture was in breach of rules on athlete conduct. The Swedish officials stood by Green Tregaro, but she relented under the pressure – in the high jump finals, she sported all red nails as a symbol of love. While watching the high jump finals, Paavo Arhinmäki ,

284-485: A hundredth of a second to win the 400-metre hurdles. It was the first gold for Trinidad and Tobago since 1997. Serbia's Emir Bekrić took bronze in national record time. Félix Sánchez , competing for the Dominican Republic , also made the final of the event, marking his seventh consecutive World Championship 400-metre hurdles final. Great Britain's Mo Farah won the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres to become

355-456: A kiss on the lips spread through social media and were interpreted as a protest against the anti-gay laws. Both Ryzhova and Gushchina denied any intention to make such a protest, rather they were simply happy with their athletic success, and stated that they were married to men. Although reports were principally focused on the pair, all four of the Russia relay runners briefly kissed each other on

426-657: A nearly yearlong investigation by a commission led by former anti-doping agency President Dick Pound , urged the International Association of Athletics Federations to suspend Russia from competition, including the Olympics in Brazil . The report said Russia "sabotaged" the 2012 Olympics by allowing athletes who should have been banned for doping violations to compete in the London Games. It recommended

497-472: A network associated with NBC Sports . Universal Sports can only be seen in about ten percent of the households in the American market. While NBC provided an hour and a half of coverage on weekend days, Universal Sports limited other distribution of the content, even online content requiring login with cable subscription user names. For those viewers without access to Universal Sports, nationwide coverage of

568-646: A new world record at the time. On 23 May 1963, Fidel Castro made a historic speech in Luzhniki Stadium during his record 38-day visit to the Soviet Union. New Japan Pro-Wrestling , the Japanese professional wrestling promotion, ran a show in 1989. Luzhniki Stadium also makes an appearance in the Russian supernatural thriller film Night Watch (Russian: Ночной дозор, Nochnoy Dozor ), during

639-692: A permanent hybrid turf was installed, consisting of 95 percent natural grass reinforced with plastic. On 23 December 1954, the Government of the USSR adopted a resolution on the construction of a stadium in the Luzhniki area in Moscow. The decision of the Soviet Government was a response to a specific current international situation: By the early 1950s, Soviet athletes took to the world stage for

710-514: A supporter of the NOH8 Campaign for equal rights, said he would respect the host nation and its laws and would focus on sporting competition only in Moscow. However, he maintained his position as an advocate of gay rights and would silently dedicate his performance "to my gay and lesbian friends back home". Two Swedish athletes, high jumper Emma Green Tregaro and sprinter Moa Hjelmer , attracted attention when they painted their nails in

781-415: A world championship marathon gold medal. Ethiopians Lelisa Desisa and Tadese Tola took second and third respectively. In the high jump, Bohdan Bondarenko set a Championship record of 2.41 (7'10.75") en route to a gold medal in a highly competitive final. Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar took second and Derek Drouin set a Canadian national record while winning bronze. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became

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852-622: Is currently used for some matches of the Russia national football team , as well as being used for various other sporting events and for concerts. Luzhniki Stadium is currently the temporary home ground of FC Torpedo Moscow . The stadium is located in Khamovniki District of the Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow city, south-west of the city center. The name Luzhniki derives from the flood meadows in

923-551: Is the Luzhniki Metro Bridge . The two-level Metro-Bridge traverses the river to link Komsomolsky Prospekt with Vernadsky Prospekt. It serves two urban transport systems: motor vehicles and the Moscow Metro subway. The glass-walled subway station Vorobyovy Gory is at the lower level of the bridge. The hills, immortalized by many Russian poets and writers, have been named after the village Vorobyovo , which

994-543: Is the national stadium of Russia , located in its capital city, Moscow . Its total seating capacity of 78,011 makes it the largest football stadium in Russia and the ninth-largest stadium in Europe . The stadium is a part of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex , and is located in Khamovniki District of the Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow city. The name Luzhniki derives from the flood meadows in

1065-590: The 1999 UEFA Cup Final in which Parma defeated Marseille in the second UEFA Cup final to be played as a single fixture. The Luzhniki Stadium was chosen by the UEFA to host the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final won by Manchester United who beat Chelsea in the first all-English Champions League final on 21 May. The match passed incident-free and a spokesman for the British Embassy in Moscow said, "The security and logistical arrangements put in place by

1136-643: The 2005 edition , all urine tests were scheduled for long-term storage to allow retrospective testing in future. All athlete samples were processed at the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency . In the months preceding the event around 40 Russian athletes received doping bans. The most prominent of these were Darya Pishchalnikova (discus runner-up at the 2012 Summer Olympics ) and Olga Kuzenkova (former Olympic and world champion in

1207-697: The 2011 World Championships in Athletics , in line with supporting its Athlete Biological Passport programme. This assisted the federation in detecting athlete's potential usage of banned substances , including steroids , human growth hormone , EPO and blood doping . In addition to the mandatory blood tests, the IAAF also conducted around 500 urine tests at the championships in three groups: all medallists were subjected to urine tests, those showing biological passport anomalies were targeted, and random urine tests were also applied. Continuing with procedures initiated at

1278-626: The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , WADA commissioned an independent investigation led by Richard McLaren . McLaren's investigation found corroborating evidence, concluding in a report published in July 2016 that the Ministry of Sport and the FSB had operated a "state-directed failsafe system" using a "disappearing positive [test] methodology" (DPM) from "at least late 2011 to August 2015". Orlando Ortega ,

1349-706: The Armenian SSR , electrical and oak beams for the spectator benches from the Ukrainian SSR , furniture from Riga and Kaunas , glass was brought from Minsk , electrical equipment from Podolsk in Moscow Oblast , and larch lumber from Irkutsk in Siberia. It was necessary to demolish a whole area of dilapidated buildings (including the Trinity Church, which is supposed to be restored). Because

1420-615: The Trinity Church . The Sparrow Hills were renamed Lenin Hills ( Ле́нинские го́ры , Leninskiye Gory ) in 1935 after Vladimir Lenin . The historic name was restored in 1999. 55°42′36″N 37°32′35″E  /  55.710°N 37.543°E  / 55.710; 37.543 Luzhniki Stadium The Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex , commonly known as Luzhniki Stadium ,

1491-510: The UEFA Cup final in 1999 and UEFA Champions League final in 2008. The stadium also hosted such events as Summer Universiade , Goodwill Games and World Athletics Championships . It was the main stadium of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and hosted 7 matches of the tournament, including the opening match and the final . In the past, its field has been used as the home ground for many years of football rivals Spartak Moscow and CSKA Moscow . It

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1562-573: The USSR Supreme Soviet Leonid Brezhnev declared the XXII Summer Olympic Games open. On 20 October 1982, disaster struck during a UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem . 66 people died in the crowd crush , which made it Russia's worst sporting disaster and most infamous cover-up at the time. In the spring of 1992, the state enterprise, including the sports complex,

1633-532: The Women's 4 × 400 metres relay (as well as after series of other disqualifications of Russian athletes for doping offences), the United States moved to the top of the medal table with eight golds. In the overall medal count, the United States won 26 medals in total, followed by Kenya with 12. With 1,784 athletes from 203 countries it was the biggest single sports event of the year. The number of spectators for

1704-542: The sports complex was repaired for the first time. The stadium was the chief venue for the 1980 Summer Olympics , the spectator capacity being 103,000 at that time. The events hosted in this stadium were the opening and closing ceremonies, athletics , football finals, and the individual jumping grand prix . Then General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee and Chairman of the Presidium of

1775-575: The 100 metres, the 200 metres, and Jamaica won the 4 × 100 metre relay behind a strong anchor leg from Bolt who passed the United States' Justin Gatlin down the stretch. It was Bolt's second three gold performance at the World Championships. After the meet, his career total stood at 8 golds and 2 silvers, narrowly surpassing Carl Lewis ' 8 golds, 1 silver, and 1 bronze. Trinidad and Tobago's Jehue Gordon edged America's Michael Tinsley by

1846-522: The 18th century was moved, too. The stadium was officially opened on 31 July 1956, with a friendly football match between the RSFSR and China. 100 thousand spectators welcomed the event. The stadium was built in just 450 days. It was the national stadium of the Soviet Union , and is now the national stadium of Russia. In 1960 a 26-foot bronze statue of Lenin by sculptor Matvei Manizer , which

1917-492: The 2013 championships Reference: The championships featured 3 championship records, 22 world leadings, 2 area records, 48 national records but no world records. In addition to gold medals, individual winners received prize money of $ 60,000 where as members of winning relay teams received $ 20,000. Usain Bolt of Jamaica moved to the top of the all-time World Championships medal table by winning three gold medals. He won

1988-538: The 800 metres. In the 4×400 m relay, although the United States suffered a time-wasting exchange on the final leg, the Americans won by more than two seconds over Great Britain and France. The medal ceremony for the event took place at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London upon the certification of results by the IAAF following the retroactive disqualification of first-place Russia when Antonina Krivoshapka

2059-667: The Central stadium, climbed onto a large paved area on the Lenin Hills [which after the Soviet era would revert to their old name, the Sparrow Hills ]... the proximity of the river, green mass of clean, fresh air – this circumstance alone mattered to select the area of the future city of sports... In addition, Luzhniki is located relatively close to the city center and convenient access to major transport systems with all parts of

2130-469: The Finnish Minister for Culture and Sport, waved a rainbow flag at the arena. Hjelmer had been eliminated in the first round of the 200 metres and did not compete again at the championships. Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva was a popular winner in the women's pole vault, but later drew controversy for her remarks criticizing Green Tregaro's nails. She said the protests were disrespectful towards

2201-704: The Russian Athletics Federation was likely in retaliation. A month before the competition it was reported that the head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov , had been arrested on charges of drug distribution, but the case against him had been dropped. His sister was convicted of purchasing banned drugs with the intention to supply them to athletes. Former Russian coach Oleg Popov and 400 metres runner Valentin Kruglyakov stated that athletes were ordered to dope and paid officials to conceal their positive tests. The coach of

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2272-550: The Russian authorities have been first-rate, as has been their cooperation with their visiting counterparts from the UK." In August 2013, the stadium hosted the World Athletics Championships . The original stadium was demolished in 2013 to give a way for the construction of a new stadium. However, the self-supported cover was retained. The facade wall was retained as well, due to its architectural value, and

2343-455: The Swedish government. Barcelona had a record of hosting the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships . It was chosen over Madrid and Valencia , which were at one point outlined as possible candidates. (Barcelona was later selected as the host for the 2010 European Athletics Championships ). Brisbane simultaneously bid for 2011 and 2013 World Championships with

2414-447: The anti-doping agency impose lifetime suspensions for 10 Russian coaches and athletes, including women's 800-meters gold medalist Mariya Savinova . The United Kingdom Anti-Doping agency later assisted WADA with testing in Russia. In June 2016, they reported that they were unable to fully carry out their work and noted intimidation by armed Federal Security Service (FSB) agents. After a Russian former lab director made allegations about

2485-421: The bend of Moskva River where the stadium was built, translating roughly as "The Meadows". It was necessary to find a very large plot of land, preferably in a green area close to the city center that could fit into the transport map of the capital without too much difficulty. According to one of the architects: "On a sunny spring day of 1954, we, a group of architects and engineers who were tasked with designing

2556-401: The bend of Moskva River where the stadium was built, translating roughly as "The Meadows". The stadium is located at Luzhniki Street, 24, Moscow. Luzhniki was the main stadium of the 1980 Olympic Games , hosting the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as some of the competitions, including the athletics and final of the football tournament. A UEFA Category 4 stadium, Luzhniki hosted

2627-445: The capital". It was one of the few major European football stadia to use an artificial pitch, having installed a FIFA-approved FieldTurf pitch in 2002. However, a temporary natural grass pitch was installed for the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final . The game between Chelsea and Manchester United was the first UEFA Champions League final held in Russia. On the match day, UEFA gave Luzhniki its elite status. In August 2016

2698-514: The city would bid for the 2011 Championships and suggested Luzhniki Stadium as venue. When the IAAF elected to decide the 2011 and 2013 events at the same meeting, Moscow added its name to the 2013 list. The city had hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics (also at the Luzhniki Stadium) and the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships . Main venue was Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow with a capacity of 78,360 spectators. Day by day event schedule of

2769-510: The competition revealed several athletes had been using performance-enhancing drugs. The fifth-place finisher in the men's javelin, Roman Avramenko of Ukraine, tested positive for 4-Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone (a steroid), as did Turkmenistan's Yelena Ryabova (a competitor in the women's 200 m). Another 200 m runner, Yelyzaveta Bryzgina , also of Ukraine, was banned for the steroid drostanolone . Afghan 100 m runner Masoud Azizi had nandrolone in his sample. Two athletes in

2840-648: The competition, four sprinters were banned on doping charges. When the seeking deadline passed on 1 December 2006, four candidate cities had confirmed their candidatures. These were: Barcelona (Spain), Brisbane (Australia), Moscow (Russia) and Gothenburg (Sweden). The IAAF announced Moscow the winning candidate at the IAAF Council Meeting in Mombasa on 27 March 2007. Gothenburg backed out already in December, citing lack of financial support from

2911-444: The eight finalists (except teams that do not start or are disqualified). 59 IAAF members received points.     Host. 206 countries (or more accurately, IAAF members) participated with a total of 1974 athletes. The biggest delegation was the one of USA with 137 athletes. The number of athletes sent per nation is show in parentheses. Reference: In the United States the IAAF sold exclusive rights to Universal Sports ,

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2982-477: The eighth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and to draw support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine . It was attended by approximately 200,000 supporters, according to police, with media reports suggesting that state employees were bussed to the rally while others were paid or forced to attend. Luzhniki Stadium hosted seven games of the 2018 FIFA World Cup , including

3053-503: The entire meet was generally limited to six hours of weekend coverage. The IAAF provided short YouTube highlight clips, a fraction of the online coverage they provided from Daegu two years earlier, instead promoting an internet radio feed and Twitter updates. The introduction of a Russia federal law in June banning "homosexual propaganda" affected the championships hosted in Moscow. Western and international bodies had already condemned

3124-456: The evening sessions was 268,548 surpassing Daegu 2011. Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce both won three gold medals in the men's and women's 100 metres , 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay respectively to become the most successful athletes at the event. This achievement also earned Bolt the title of being the most successful athlete in the history of the World Championships with eight gold and two silver medals. Prior to

3195-628: The first time after World War II (rus. the Great Patriotic War ), participating in the Olympic Games. The 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki brought the Soviet team 71 medals (of which 22 gold) and second place in the unofficial team standings. It was a success, but the increased athletic development of the Soviet Union, which was a matter of state policy , required the construction of a new sports complex. The proposed complex

3266-515: The first woman in World Championships history to sweep the sprint events when anchored Jamaica to gold in the 4×100-metre relay. Jamaica's time of 41.29 set a Championships record. Earlier in the meet, Fraser-Pryce won the 100 metres and the 200 metres. In the final of the 200 metres, Allyson Felix tore her right hamstring. A photo-finish gave Murielle Ahouré of the Ivory Coast the silver over Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare after both finished in

3337-619: The hammer throw). The Russian Athletics Federation president Valentin Balakhnichev defended the bans as proof of the increasing effectiveness of RUSADA (the Russian Anti-Doping Agency) which had been formed three years before. According to The New York Times , Pishchalnikova was a whistleblower who sent the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) a December 2012 email detailing state-run doping programs in which Russian athletes had to participate; her ban by

3408-474: The host nation and commented in English: "We consider ourselves like normal, standard people, we just live boys with women, girls with boys...We have our law which everyone has to respect. When we go to different countries, we try to follow their rules." Following the negative reactions from other athletes and Western media she said that she had been misunderstood due to her grasp of English: "What I wanted to say

3479-427: The law would apply to athletes and tourists in the same way as Russian citizens. He also said those suggesting a boycott of the championships in protest of the laws were merely avoiding their competitors, saying "sports competitions are a place where there can't be any politics". Several athletes voiced their concerns over the issue of gay rights in Russia, but none boycotted the event. American runner Nick Symmonds ,

3550-409: The medal table with seven gold medals. However, after numerous disqualifications of Russians athletes for doping, the United States topped the medal table with eight golds. In the overall medal count, the United States won 26 medals in total, followed by Kenya with 12.   *    Host nation ( Russia ) The IAAF placing table assigns eight points to the first place and so on to

3621-445: The move prior to the event, which was scheduled several months prior to the more prominent 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi . The IAAF deputy secretary general, Nick Davies , stated that the international nature of the competition might alter the country's perspective, but that the matter of gay rights would not be addressed by the championships, as long as its athletes were unaffected. Russian politician Vitaly Milonov had stated that

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3692-558: The national athletics team, Valentin Maslakov, noted that Kruglyakov had tested positive for drugs and that Popov coached Lada Chernova , who had twice tested positive. He also stated that RUSADA and its labs were independent from the national sports federations. On 18 November 2015, WADA suspended laboratory of RUSADA – Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory, however the organization was not dissolved and tests are to be done by other independent labs. In February 2016, two high-ranking directors of

3763-556: The only stadiums to have hosted the finals of the FIFA World Cup and UEFA's European Cup/Champions League and featured as a main stadium of the Summer Olympic Games . Saint Denis' Stade de France is scheduled to become another in 2024. When the Luzhniki Stadium hosted the final game of the 1957 Ice Hockey World Championship between Sweden and the Soviet Union , it was attended by a crowd of 55,000 and set

3834-715: The opening and the final matches. During the World Cup, Luzhniki had six access control stations with 39 inspection lines, and seven access control points with 427 entrances for fans arriving on foot. The grounds were serviced by 3,000 surveillance cameras and about 900 scanners, monitors, and detectors. 55°42′57″N 37°33′13″E  /  55.71583°N 37.55361°E  / 55.71583; 37.55361 2013 World Championships in Athletics The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics ( Moscow 2013 ; Russian : Чемпионат мира по лёгкой атлетике 2013 )

3905-443: The organisation – Vyacheslav Sinyev and Nikita Kamayev – died. According to Sunday Times , Kamayev approached the news agency shortly before his death planning to publish a book on "the true story of sport pharmacology and doping in Russia since 1987". Outside of Russia, three of the world's top sprinters had positive tests during the buildup: Asafa Powell , Tyson Gay and Veronica Campbell Brown . The drug testing results from

3976-479: The passage of spectators. About 900 scanners, 3000 cameras and monitors were installed. Special seats were provided for fans with disabilities. The stadium's capacity was increased from 78,000 to 81,000 seats, partly caused by the removal of the athletics track around the pitch. In 2018 FIFA named the stadium as best arena in the world. The stadium joins Rome's Stadio Olimpico , London's old Wembley Stadium , Berlin's Olympiastadion and Munich's Olympiastadion as

4047-418: The podium. Ryzhova described her assumed connection to LGBT as insulting. The Russian Minister for Sport , Vitaly Mutko , said that Western media had overemphasised the issue, noting that same-sex relations are not illegal in Russia and sparser coverage of the issue in domestic media. At the championships the IAAF collected blood samples from all participating athletes, following the procedure introduced at

4118-417: The power shut-down scene when the power station goes into overload. The stadium is seen with a match taking place, and then the lights go out. In 2008, Manchester United beat Chelsea on penalties after a 1–1 draw to win their third European Cup . This was United's third appearance in the final, and Chelsea's first. On 18 March 2022, Russian president Vladimir Putin held a rally at the stadium marking

4189-401: The primary focus being on the 2011 event. Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre ( ANZ Stadium ) was the proposed venue. The venue had hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games and 2001 Goodwill Games . It was also a failed bidder for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics , which was eventually won by Berlin. In the case of Moscow, Deputy Mayor Valery Vinogradov announced on 13 March 2006 that

4260-428: The same time. Great Britain's Christine Ohuruogu won the 400 metres in a national record time of 49.41. She came from behind to edge out defending champion Amantle Montsho of Botswana by 4 thousands of a second in a photo finish. Zuzana Hejnová won gold and set a Czech national record in the 400-metre hurdles. Eunice Sum of Kenya won her first major title, besting Olympic champion Mariya Savinova of Russia in

4331-577: The second man in history to win both events at both the World Champions and the Olympics. The only man to do it before had been Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia. Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda became the first non-Kenyan to win the marathon at the World Championships since 2005. It was also Uganda's first men's title in the history of the event. Kiprotich became only the second man, after Gezahegne Abera , to follow an Olympic marathon gold medal with

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4402-401: The soil was heavily waterlogged, almost the entire area of the foundations of the complex had to be raised half a meter. 10,000 piles were hammered into the ground and dredgers reclaimed about 3 million cubic metres of soil . The total area of the stadium occupies 160 hectares. Eight thousand people moved home to make place for the stadium. The Church Tikhvin , an architectural monument of

4473-623: The walking events, Ayman Kozhakhmetova and Ebrahim Rahimian , failed their tests for EPO, as did Guatemala's marathon runner Jeremias Saloj . Media attention began growing in December 2014 when German broadcaster ARD reported on state-sponsored doping in Russia, comparing it to doping in East Germany . In November 2015, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published a report and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) suspended Russia indefinitely from world track and field events. The 335-page report, compiled following

4544-724: Was acquired by Grand Duchess Sophia of Lithuania , Vytautas ' only daughter, from the boyars Vorobyovs in 1453. Alexander I of Russia wished to build the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour there; his successor had construction works suspended and the cathedral eventually was erected near the Kremlin . The main landmarks of the hills are the Moscow State University (at one time the tallest building in Europe) and

4615-405: Was an international athletics competition held in Moscow, Russia, from 10 to 18 August 2013. Initially, Russia won the most gold medals to top the table for the first time since 2001. It was also the first time ever the host nation took the top of the medal table. However, following the disqualification of Russian sprinter Antonina Krivoshapka for doping and after the redistribution of medals in

4686-433: Was created for Expo 58 in Brussel , was placed on the square in front of the main stadium entrance. On 10, 11 and 12 June 1958, the first motorcycle speedway races to be held in the Soviet Union were conducted at the stadium. However, the stadium became better known for hosting ice speedway and it held the final of the Individual Ice Speedway World Championship in 1966 , 1967 , 1975 and 1984 . In 1976–1979

4757-460: Was later reconnected to the new building. Construction of the new stadium was completed in 2017. The total cost of repairs was 24 billion rubles . The 2018 FIFA World Cup was held in Russia with the Luzhniki Stadium selected as the venue for the opening match and also the final , which was held on 15 July 2018. For the 2018 World Cup the stadium organized six checkpoints with 39 inspection lanes and seven pedestrian points with 427 points for

4828-463: Was privatized and renamed the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, and by June of the same year, Lenin's name was removed. An extensive renovation in 1996 saw the construction of a roof over the stands, and the refurbishment of the seating areas, resulting in a decrease in capacity. Till the renovation, the stadium could accommodate 81 thousand people. In 1998, the stadium was listed by UEFA in the list of 5-star European football stadiums . The stadium hosted

4899-508: Was retroactively disqualified on a positive drug test in a 2017 retest of samples. Russia's Tatyana Lysenko set a World Championships record in the hammer throw en route to the gold. Caterine Ibargüen won Colombia's first ever World Championship gold by finishing first in the triple jump. Christina Obergföll of Germany won her first World Championships title in javelin. Reference: A total of 47 sets of medals were distributed between 39 countries. Initially, host nation Russia topped

4970-465: Was that people should respect the laws of other countries particularly when they are guests. But let me make it clear I respect the views of my fellow athletes, and let me state in the strongest terms that I am opposed to any discrimination against gay people on the grounds of their sexuality (which is against the Olympic Charter )." During the medal ceremony for the women's 4 × 400 metres relay images of Kseniya Ryzhova and Yuliya Gushchina sharing

5041-520: Was to meet all modern international standards and at the same time serve as a training base for the Olympic team and arena for large domestic and international competitions. The stadium was built in 1955–56 as the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium. The design began in January 1955 and was completed in 90 days by the architects Alexander Vlasov, Igor Rozhin, Nikolai Ullas, Alexander Khryakov and engineers Vsevolod Nasonov, Nikolai Reznikov, Vasily Polikarpov. Building materials came from Leningrad and

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