The Weltklasse – which translates into English as ‘world class’ – has been the pinnacle of the one-day athletics circuit for more than 80 years. SPIKES pays homage to the rip-roaring Zurich meeting by picking out some amazing nights of world record-breaking action
2009 – The 25th world record Very seldom is Usain Bolt upstaged, but in the 2009 edition Russian pole vaulting superstar Yelena Isinbayeva added 0.01 on to her world record mark, with a show-stealing 5.06m. Sensationally, it was Isinbayeva’s 17th outdoor world pole vault record, a mark which still exists today and the most recent of the 25 world records set at the Weltklasse. more
