 Complete the following phrase:  Smirnitskaya won her first ever national title in the sport that year, throwing the spear . An international title followed at the World Festival of Youth and Students, where she set a meet record of to win the gold medal some five metres ahead of runner-up Aleksandra Chudina. This started off a streak of Soviet success at the competition, as a Soviet woman was the winner at each edition until its dissolution in 1962. She retained her national title in 1950 with a throw of  this was the second best performance in the world that year. The 