Venezuela’s 15-year-old Robeilys Peinado, the world youth leader in the Pole Vault with a 4.35m best this season, explained how she switched sports to find more success: “I came to athletics three years ago after doing gymnastics. I was too tall to be a gymnast so I switched to the Pole Vault. I like being in the air and I feel I can be successful.” On her role model, Pole Vault World record-holder Sergey Bubka who comes from Donetsk, Peinado continued: “We take Sergey Bubka as our example, taking his technique and replicating his style so I hope to be as successful as he was.” On her female inspirations, she concluded: “Aside from Sergey, I look up to Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia’s World record-holder), Fabiana Murer (Brazil’s World champion) and Angelica Bengtsson (Sweden’s World junior champion).” more
