The Rio Olympics turned out to be one of the most scandalous for the Russian team. Doping revelations were the reason for the removal from the competition of the entire athletics team. The only athlete allowed before the start was Daria Klishina (Russia). Athletics did not know such precedents before. Interest in the young athlete erupted after this with renewed vigor.
Difficult choice of athlete's daughter
In 1991, Daria Klishina was born in Tver. Athletics was the occupation that her dad dedicated his life to. Dasha was a very active child. She was engaged in dancing, volleyball. Not everyone saw that the main calling of such a versatile child as Daria Klishina is athletics. The biography of the athlete was determined thanks to the advice of her father. She decided to try her hand at several disciplines. Daria threw the core, jumped, ran. As a result, the most promising results were shown precisely in long jumps.
At the age of 13, a promising girl was taken to Moscow, where she began her studies at the Olympic Reserve School.
This happened thanks to the coach Olga Shemigon, who noticed the athlete at the children's competitions.
Talented Junior
From the very beginning of the junior career, Daria Klishina confidently declared herself. Athletics became the main activity on which she concentrated her attention. In 2007, she became the first in the world among athletes under the age of 17. Two years later, Klishina repeated her success at the championship of the planet already in juniors.
Breakthrough for Daria was the 2011th year. She won a number of victories at the European Youth Championship, repeated the success already at the adult championship.
Year of records and failures
Throughout the 2011 season, Daria Klishina showed stable results. Athletics seemed to find a new bright star. The jumper regularly became one of the winners of the Diamond League competitions, where, as a rule, she was second only to the American Britney Reese.
At the Youth European Cup, she set her personal record, having crossed the mark at 7.05 m. Better than her in juniors in the distant eighty-third year, only the legendary Heike Drexler (athletics, long jumps).
Daria Klishina was among the favorites already at the adult world championship in 2011. Its main rival was considered Britney Reese, who has repeatedly beat her at the stages of the Diamond League. But by this time, the shape of the Russian jumper had fallen. Despite the modest results shown by the rest of the athletes in the final, Daria Klishina remained far below the prize line.
She performed much better at the Russian Championship, jumping 6.82 meters, but this tournament was qualifying for the 2012 Olympics, and her rivals approached him in their best shape. As a result, Daria remained only fifth and did not go to London.
One of the most beautiful athletes in the world
The results, which showed Klishina in 2011, forced to draw the attention of both experts and fans. Being also a very beautiful girl, she attracts all the media and television cameras.
At the World Championships in Daegu, during the warm-up of the participants in the final in long jump, almost all the time the broadcasts were directed by Korean directors to Daria. How she consults with the coach, how to warm up, how to take off her tracksuit.
This is despite the fact that the time of the live broadcast should have been evenly distributed among all participants in the competition.
In addition, back in 2010, according to a vote in the Russian segment of the Internet, it was Daria Klishina who was chosen as the most attractive athlete in the country.
Relocation to the USA
Excessive hype in the press, the keen attention of fans - all this can interfere with the training even of the most persistent athlete. Klishina Darya Igorevna was no exception. Long jumps are not the most rated and television-covered sport, but the young athlete has become more difficult to train because of the excessive noise around her appearance.
The girl signed a contract with the marketing agency IMG, known in the world of sports, whose clients were many famous Russian athletes. After that, her agent began to control the maximum number of questions from journalists. In 2013, she made a difficult decision to move to the United States. There, in the city of Bradenton (Florida), she trains to this day.
Graduating in Sports Management, Daria Klishina (sport is athletics) participated in the 2013 Universiade and won a gold medal. No longer jumping over the seven meter mark, however, the athlete again began to win in major tournaments. In 2014, she won the National Championship with a score of 6.90 m. In the same season, Daria became the third in the European Championship.
The main victory in the pre-Olympic season was the gold of the Russian Championship in 2016. It was at this tournament that athletes were selected to participate in the Rio Games.
Doping scandals with Russian athletics
However, in June 2016, a scandal erupted over the use of doping drugs by Russian athletes. After McLaren’s report, the IOC, represented by President Thomas Bach, gave the right to admit athletes from Russia to the Olympic Games to individual sports federations. In June 2016, the IAAF removed the entire national team from participation in the competition. Only Daria Klishina, who had been training in the USA for a long time, was not connected with the Russian anti-doping services. Only one she met the selection criteria for the Games in Rio. It was decided to admit Daria to the competition under the flag of the IOC.
In response, the athlete thanked the IAAF for allowing her to participate in the main tournament of the year.
This caused a hail of criticism from the fans, who accused her of lack of solidarity with other athletes. In addition, she was reproached with her tacit consent to speak not under the banner of Russia, but under a neutral flag.
So she was at the center of a grand scandal Daria Klishina. Athletics is not limited to the performances of athletes in the arenas. However, Thomas Bach subsequently allowed to represent the Russian woman precisely his national team. On August 13, Daria faced new challenges. Suddenly, she was denied admission to the Olympics due to additional circumstances in the ill-fated report of McLaren. Only after an appeal to the sports arbitration court did Klishina finally get the right to participate in her main competitions in life.
However, strong pressure from the fans, numerous trials and lawsuits unsettled the athlete, and she unsuccessfully performed her attempts on the jump track, not even getting into the number of finalists.
Personal life
Long jumper Daria Klishina is always in the spotlight due to her appearance. The personal life of such people is always in sight. While she is not married, however, persistent rumors circulated about her relationship with world hockey star Eugene Malkin.
Often, after a bright start at the junior level, athletes experience a decline in their adult careers. However, Daria Klishina is only 25, and the fans have the right to expect serious victories from her.