CLAUDIA CUBBAGE celebrated her athletics re-emergence as she stormed to a sliver medal at the European Veterans’ Athletics Championships. The City of Portsmouth ace donned the Great Britain vest and picked up a pole vault podium place in the searing heat of Turkey in the W40 category. Now the multi-eventer is targeting World Championship glory next summer in Lyon Cubbage’s success caps a remarkable return to the sport for the former Wales international and inaugural British record-holder in her event. The 41-year-old was one of the first women to get involved in the pole vault when it was opened to females in the 1980s. Injury saw her involvement wane, however, before a return last year led to a rapid ascent. Cubbage a teacher from Havant, explained she nearly didn’t make it to the event which followed a long line of recent successes. She said: ‘To put that GB vest on and get a medal was really quite nice. more
