National pole vault record holder targets setting a new mark at the ATF
Malaysia –The 19-year-old Iskandar will be making his ATF debut and is one of several young talented athletes emerging from the ashes of the Malaysian Athletic Federation’s previous disastrous...
View Article79-Year-Old Pole Vaulter Looks to Set New Records at Senior Games
Flo Meiler didn’t take up pole vaulting until she was 65. Now she is a true Game Changer and she wants to share her message that it is never too late to begin working out and getting in shape,...
View ArticleJohn Henry Johnson, Jr. Named UCLA Women’s Track & Field Head Coach
John Henry Johnson, Jr., the 2013 USTFCCCA National Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year, has been hired as UCLA women’s track & field head coach, UCLA Director of Track & Field Mike Maynard...
View Article20th Asian Athletics Championships-2013
Pune, Maharastra {INDIA} The winning height of 5.60m in men’s PV ties highest PV on the Indian soil. Sergey Bubka in 1993 in New Delhi, Steve Hooker in 2010 CWG also vaulted 5.60 For the first time...
View ArticleGREAT NUMBERS FOR TAMPERE
LAUSANNE (SUI): European Athletics informs that a total of 997 athletes from 45 European Athletics Member Federation countries have entered for the 9th European Athletics U23 Championships to be held...
View ArticleHarry Jerome International Track Meet
Swangard, Burnaby BC 1 Melissa Gergel 89 U S A 4.40m 2 Heather Hamilton 88 Canada 4.20m 3 Gabriella Duclos-Lasnier 88 Canada...
View ArticleIndiana Sports Festival offers big menu
Kokomo, Indiana –The Haynes-Apperson Sports Festival will hit full stride Saturday. Organizer Dana Neer is champing at the bit to see how everything unfolds. Neer is particularly eager to watch the...
View ArticleWatch this amazing vault awards ceremony
Following the Pole Vault event during the 2013 WIAA Division 1 Track & Field State Championships, the number two through six finishers back flip off of the blocks and catch winner Jake Wallenfang...
View ArticleVaulters Reach New Heights During the Spring
Northern Virginia –What makes Lucas Wratschko and Logan Besougloff unique about their involvement in the sport of pole vaulting is both didn’t take up the event until their freshman years in high...
View ArticleBuenos Aires awarded 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ahead of Medellin and Glasgow
July 4 – Buenos Aires were today awarded the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Games ahead of Medellin and Glasgow, who were knocked out in the first round. The Argentinian capital beat its South American...
View Article2020 Olympic Games Candidate Cities Promotional Videos
Videos courtesy of the 2020 Olympic Games Candidate Cities. Cities listed in the order of drawing of lots: Istanbul, Tokyo, Madrid.
View ArticleFilippidis wins Diamond League; Walker 5th; Lavillenie and Lewis NH
Costas Filippidis won his second IAAF Diamond League meeting this season after snatching the top spot in the men’s pole vault at the event in Lausanne on Thursday. The Greek champion cleared 5.72...
View ArticleDaven Murphree Boys Champ – New Balance Nationals Outdoor 2013
A young Eagle graduate has been soaring high this summer and will continue to fly even after he is to report to college. Daven Murphree of Harmony is scheduled to attend the 2013 Pan American Junior...
View ArticleA Closer Look at Bubka’s 1st 6m Vault
This is a closer look and breakdown of the really amazing way that Petrov taught Bubka how to pole vault. This video is a little more geared to the athlete, as it is a shorter and easier to digest...
View ArticleIOC Candidate Bubka Calls for Olympic Cost-Cutting
MOSCOW, July 5 (R-Sport) – The soaring costs of hosting the Olympic Games could be in for a trim if Ukrainian pole vault legend Sergei Bubka is elected president of the International Olympic Committee,...
View ArticleLavillenie looking to recover his super powers
Paris, like so many host cities on the IAAF Diamond League circuit, is once again in thrall to that sporting phenomenon known as Usain Bolt. Portrayed by the meeting organizers as a masked superhero in...
View Article2013 SEWARD NEBRASKA’S ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY
High School boys Chase Jensen Fremont, NE 14’00 1 Jake Harksford Prairie Village, KS 13’06 2 Tyler Cone Phoenix, AZ 13’06 3 Jacob Morrow Grand Island, NE 13’00 4 Kalvin Lankford Seward, NE 13’00 5 Seth...
View ArticleVictoria International Track Classic
Women Pole Vault NTL 1 Hamilton, Heather CANADA 4.31m 4.40m 4.00 4.15 4.30 4.40 4.50 O O XXO XO XXX 2 Gergel, Melissa USA 4.50m...
View ArticleLavillenie interview published by Runblogrun
Meeting AREVA does some of the best press conferences in the sport. They sent out this series of strong quotes from some of the top stars of AREVA Paris Meeting RENAUD LAVILLENIE (FRA)- PERCHE (POLE...
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