Irina Abysova is a Russian professional triathlete and former open water swimmer, born on 7 November 1980 in Moscow. She started in the aquatic section of the Olympic Village in Moscow at the age of six, earned the title Master of Sports, and took silver in the 10 km open water swimming event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka. Feeling her swimming career might be ending, she turned to triathlon in 2002 and won the Russian Triathlon Championships in 2003, 2007, 2009 and 2010, along with the Russian Winter Triathlon Championships in 2005. She took part in 51 ITU competitions between 2003 and 2010 with 16 top ten finishes, was unable to finish the 2008 Beijing Olympic triathlon after a serious bicycle accident, placed 13th at the 2012 London Games, and won the 2013 ITU Aquathlon World Championship.
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born 7 November 1980 in Moscow) is a Russian
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She won the Russian Triathlon Championships in 2003
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She won the Russian Triathlon Championships in 2003, 2007, 2009, and 2010, and she competed in the Olympics in 2008 in Beijing and the 2012 Games in London. She is the winner of the 2013 ITU Aquathlon World Championship.
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born 7 November 1980 in Moscow) is a Russian
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she competed in the Olympics in 2008 in Beijing
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the 2012 Games in London
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