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Last Look: World Championships Medal Count
ATTENDANCE The IAAF announced that the total evening figure for bodies in the stands (including “VIPS, guests, media and athletes seats” to the tune of 16,000 per session) was 396,548. Nation……………..Men...
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Last Look: Men’s World Vault
final(August 12) 1. Raphael Holzdeppe (Ger).. 19-3¾ (5.89); 2. Renaud Lavillenie (Fra)………… 19-3¾; 3. Björn Otto (Ger)…………….. 19-1 (5.82); 4. Brad Walker (US)…………………….. 19-1; 5. Malte Mohr...
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Isinbayeva slams hometown, prefers Monaco
Russia’s most famous track and field athlete put down her hometown, one week after her comments defending Russia’s anti-gay law caused a stir at the World Championships. Yelena Isinbayeva, two-time...
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Eighth Annual Kevin Dare Memorial Golf Tournament More Important Than Ever
State College, PA –The Kevin Dare Foundation is holding its Eighth annual Golf Tournament and Auction to benefit injured and ill student athletes on Sept. 16 at Centre Hills Country Club in State...
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Hepke vaults into the record books
Welybridge, Surrey, UK –MEL Hepke helped soothed the pain of Bromsgrove and Redditch AC’s relegation from the Midlands Track and Field League Division Two by setting a new club record during the fourth...
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Hendersons win titles at USATF meet
Father – son pole vaulting duo Reggie and Shawn Henderson won their divisions at the USA Track & Field Niagara District Championships (usatf-niagara.org) held Sunday at Hilton High School. Shawn...
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Stockholm Diamond League Results
Stockholm August 22 SPIEGELBURG Silke GER 4.69 SILVA Yarisley CUB 4.59 MURER Fabiana BRA 4.59 SUHR Jennifer USA 4.59 SAVCHENKO Anastasiya RUS 4.49 SVOBODOVÁ Jirina CZE 4.49 RYZIH Lisa GER 4.49...
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Bio of Isinbayeva
By Stan Rayan –At 15, when Yelena Isinbayeva was told that she could become a great pole vaulter like Sergey Bubka if she took up the sport, the young girl was confused. “Bubka? Who’s she?” the Russian...
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World News
RIO DE JANEIRO (BRA): The Mayor of Rio De Janeiro, Eduardo Paes has said that it is a shame that Brazil is hosting the Olympics when they still do not have a National Sports Policy, reports...
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Sergei Bubka discusses doping, gay rights
The greatest pole vaulter in history, the first and only athlete to clear 20 feet, is focused on making another great leap: IOC president. Sergei Bubka, who broke 35 world records, might not be the...
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Clark to Compete for US at Pan American Junior Games
MEDELLIN, Colombia – Duke pole vaulter Megan Clark will begin competition this afternoon as a member of the USA Junior Track and Field team at the 2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championship in...
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Pan American Junior Track and Field Championships
Aug 23 – Aug 25–Medellin, Colombia–The Pan American Juniors is an every-other-year meet that brings together 19-and-under athletes from across the Americas and Carribean. The U.S. team is typically...
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2nd Asian Youth Games
held in Nanjing, China AL HIZAM Hussain Kazakhsta 4 JAN 1998 – 4.70 ABDULWAHID Muntadher Iraq 2 JAN 1998 – 4.60 AHMAD ALHAM Muhammad Afiq MAS 2 MAR 1997 4.50 LAI Yanghui CHN 6 MAY 1997 – 4.50 PARK...
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Zurich Diamond League Entries
Athlete DATE OF BIRTH Nation PB SB BENGTSSON Angelica 08.07.1993 SWE 4.58 4.55 BÜCHLER Nicole 17.12.1983 SUI 4.61 4.61 GADSCHIEW Kristina 03.07.1984 GER 4.60 4.60 KYRIAKOPOULOU Nikoleta 21.03.1986 GRE...
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Washington D.C. may push for 2024 Olympics
WASHINGTON (AP) — The inconveniences of the daily routine in the nation’s capital will be a selling point as Washington, D.C., makes a push to host the 2024 Olympics. “We are the safest and most...
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Spikes recalls World Record
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...
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Daily Relay picks one vaulter on its Preseason All-Track Football Team
The college football season begins on Thursday night, and we have our own take on it here at the Daily Relay. Just like you, we want to know who the best players are at each position. But to us,...
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Lavillenie wins but it is Valentin not Renaud
There is nothing unusual about the name Lavillenie being at the top of the results of an international pole vault competition but normally it is preceded by Renaud. But on Monday evening at the 2nd...
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Nigeria drops 9 age cheats for African athletics event in Mauritius
The President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Solomon Ogba, has explained the rationale behind dropping 9 out of the 35 athletes originally penciled down to represent the country at the 2013...
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Shawn Barber Wins Pan American Juniors
AKRON, Ohio – University of Akron pole vaulter Shawn Barber captured gold at the Pan American Junior World Championships Sunday in Medellin, Colombia. Barber, who was representing the Canadian National...
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