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Brit Comeback Queen Cubbage
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...
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1997 Summer Universiade – Women’s pole vault
The women’s pole vault event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy on 27–29 August. This was the first time that this event was contested at the Universiade. 1]...
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Pole Vault books at Amazon
Winning Jumps and Pole Vault Paperback – November 19, 2008 By Ed Jacoby The world’s top track and field coaches. The world’s top track and field resource. Long jump, triple jump, high jump, and pole...
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Oscar Pistorius community service call angers prosecutor
BBC News –South African athlete Oscar Pistorius should not go to jail over the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, his sentencing hearing has been told.A probation officer appearing for the...
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Vaulter is Seahawks Week Six CenturyLink High School Athlete of the Week
SEATTLE and RENTON, Wash. - The Seattle Seahawks, CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL), Q13 FOX (KCPQ), and Sports Authority announced today Tia Thomas of Federal Way High School as the week six CenturyLink...
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Delaware State mourns death of former track, vault and football coach
DOVER, Del.- Delaware State University is mourning the death of legendary former track & field/football coach Joe Burden on Oct. 12 in Dover. A native of Portsmouth, Va., Burden was head coach of...
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Girls prep of the week: vaulter Grace Dailey
San Rafael, California –What she did: Dailey continued her stellar debut season by taking first overall at Thursday’s meet (21:16) against Terra Linda and Marin Catholic. A basketball, soccer player...
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Benavides close to deciding on a college
El Paso, Texas — Franklin senior pole vaulter Paulo Benavides has garnered a great deal of attention from Division I colleges and could be make his decision soon. He will choose between UTEP, Kansas,...
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Pistorius trial: Steenkamps ‘rejected blood money’
BBC News –Athlete Oscar Pistorius offered a large cash sum to the parents of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after he killed her – but it was rejected as “blood money”, a South African court has heard....
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Green grad chasing Olympic dreams
No dream is too big for Kelsie Ahbe. The 2009 Green High School graduate has her sights set on Rio. And by 2016, she’s hoping to be there as a pole vaulter in the Olympics. “Not everyone understands...
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Paris 2024 Olympic hopes still alive despite being written off over Expo bid
The French sports establishment is set to press on with efforts to piece together a blueprint for a winning Paris Olympic bid, in spite of comments this week by Manuel Valls, the French Prime Minister,...
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Germany to proceed cautiously on 2024 Olympic bid to avoid “second Munich”
A decision on which German city will be put forward as a possible bidder for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics will not be made until officials are certain that it has the support of its local...
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Willie Brown: Giants President Leading Push to Have San Francisco Host 2024...
It looks like San Francisco could be getting serious about bringing the Olympics to town in 2024. No less an authority than former Mayor Willie Brown says that the man leading the very real push to...
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Oscar Pistorius trial: Prosecution sets out jail call
BBC News — Prosecutors have been outlining their case for South African athlete Oscar Pistorius to serve a jail term for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The first prosecution witness at the...
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Lavillenie and Schippers
BAKU (AZE): French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie and sprinter Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands were named European Athletes of the Year at the Golden Tracks awards ceremony in Baku, Azerbaijan, on...
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Cuba to field top track and field stars at Veracruz games
HAVANA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) — Cuba will field its top track and field stars at the upcoming Central American and Caribbean Games (CACGs), to be held Nov. 14 to 30 in Veracruz, Mexico. Cuba’s national...
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Vaulter will be inducted into the Woodstock Wall of Fame Oct. 25 as part of...
The 2014 class of athletes are set to enter the Woodstock Sports Wall of Fame. The annual event will see seven individuals and one team be honoured for their accomplishments for their local, national...
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Vaulter Givens accepts West Point Invitation
The timing of CeCe Givens’ acceptance letter to West Point arriving at her home on Tuesday couldn’t have been better in her estimation. It certainly lifted her spirits as the Tri-Lakes Area endured a...
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Idaho vault coach named high school head coach
Bellevue’s Monte Brothwell, one of Idaho’s most dedicated runners, has added the position of head track coach to his duties at Wood River High School, his alma mater. Wood River athletic director...
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Pistorius sentencing: Steenkamp’s family seeks jail term
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius should be given “sufficient punishment” for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, her cousin has told the sentencing hearing in Pretoria. Kim Martin said...
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