Sidorova reached the finals in the pole vault at the World Championships in Athletics

The Russian woman jumped 4.60 m from the first attempt.

Two other representatives of Russia, Alena Lutkovskaya and Irina Ivanova, failed to meet the qualification standard with a result of 4.35 meters. They took the 27th and 29th places.

Earlier, the president of the IAAF said that the organization did not take the flag from Russian athletes.