A silver medalist mountain runner has described how her husband kidnapped her at knifepoint and wheeled her out of her flat stuffed in a sports bag.
The 34-year-old sportswoman, Elena Rukhlyada, is from Novosibirsk, Russia, where she is most well-known for winning the silver medal in the 2011 Mountain Running World Championship.
A year after the incident, Elena talked about the traumatic details of being kidnapped by her husband and former special forces officer, Yaroslav Fokin, 35, saying she is still scared for her life.
In an interview with national newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, Elena said: “He always tried to limit me, in all terms. "He was very jealous, that’s why, despite having two boys with him, I decided to separate from him, but
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