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Kondratyeva, originally a pentathlete, was the surprise winner of the 200 m at the 1978 European Championships, where she also won a gold in the 4 x 100 m relay event.

Now one of the medal favourites for the 1980 Summer Olympics, which were held in Moscow, she also ran a non-recognised World Record just before the Olympics. The final was a close race, with the first 5 finishing within 1 tenth of a second. A photo finish showed that Kondratyeva had beaten Marlies Göhr of East Germany by just 0.01 seconds. Unfortunately, Kondratyeva pulled her hamstring at the finish, thereby not allowing her to run the 200 m or the 4 x 100 m relay.

Unable to compete at the 1984 Summer OlympicsThe Games of the XXIII Olympiad were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, United States. Los Angeles was the only city to bid to host the 1984 Summer Olympics. Games of the XXIII Olympiad Nations participating140 Athletes participating6,797 (5,230 men, 1,567 wome due to the boycott by the Communist Bloc, Kondratyeva could not defend her Olympic title. She retired after that season and married Yuri Sedykh , twofold Olympic champion in the hammer throwAthletics The hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached to a wire rope with a handle on the end of the rope. The name hammer throw is derived from older competitions where in fact a hammer was, although they would later divorce.

In 19851985 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January events January 1 Creation of the Internet's Domain Name System. January 17 British Telecom annouces they are going to abolish the famous red telephone boxes. January 23 A debate in the House of Lor, Kondratyeva was reported to have been found dead at a Malibu, CaliforniaMalibu is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 12,575. The City of Malibu is a beachfront community famous for its warm, sandy beaches and for being the home of countless movie stars a, USA beach, but it was another woman with the same name.