if the IAAF Council does vote on this, let's hope that Sergey Bubka either recuses himself, or votes yes, because a no vote by the IAAF probably makes Bubka the WR holder forever (well, as "forever" as anything is in our sport).
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:51:46 EST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: t-and-f: New Pole Vault rules > > > HAMBURG, Germany (March 5, 2003 11:53 a.m. EST) - About 20 leading pole > vaulters sent a letter to track and field's governing body to protest rule > changes they say will make records more difficult. > > The group wants the IAAF to reconsider the changes, especially the reduction > of pole vault pegs by nearly one-third. The pegs hold the bar, and smaller > pegs will cause the bar to fall more easily when brushed by the vaulter. > > Jeff Hartwig of the United States and Tim Lobinger of Germany were among > those who signed the letter. > > "The athletes have been overrun by the changes and their prospects are not > good," Marc Osenberg, a former pole vaulter and agent of the many of the > vaulters who signed the letter, said Wednesday. > > "On the other side, we have a good contact to IAAF and we are not seeking a > confrontation." > >
