In my excitement at Feofanova's 16 feet, I missed the significance of Rogowska's third-place mark. Her 4.65m replaces Pyrek's 4.62m as the Polish national record and interrupts a skein of 29 improvements or ties of the record by Pyrek, dating back to 1998!
>It finally happened - Russian Svetlana Feofanova took back the >world record and in the process became the first woman to crack the >magical 16 foot barrier at the IAAF Super Grand Prix this afternoon >in Heraklion, Greece > >http://www.tsiklitiria.org/press/flashint/wompole.htm > > 1 Svetlana Feofanova RUS 4.88m 16'00.00 WORLD RECORD > 2 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS 4.65m 15'03.00 > 3 Anna Rogowska POL 4.65m 15'03.00 PR > 4 Monika Pyrek POL 4.55m 14'11.00 > 5 Shuying Gao CHN 4.45m 14'07.25 > 6 Vanessa Boslak FRA 4.30m 14'01.25 > 6 Tatyana Polnova RUS 4.30m 14'01.25 > 8 yelena Belyakova RUS 4.30m 14'01.25 > 9 Antigoni Asteriou GRE 4.15m 13'07.25 > 9 Georgia Tsiligiri GRE 4.15m 13'07.25 > 9 Tania Stefanova BUL 4.15m 13'07.25 >12 Thorey Elisdottir ISL 4.15m 13'07.25 > - Thalia Iakovidou GRE NH > > 415 430 445 455 465 475 483 488 >FEOFANOVA Svetlana - - O O XO XO - XO >ISINBAYEVA Yelena - - O - XO XXX >ROGOWSKA Anna XO O O O XXO XXX >PYREK Monika XO XO O XXX >GAO Shuying XO O XO XXX >BOSLAK Vanessa O O XXX >POLNOVA Tatyana - O XXX >BELYAKOVA Yelena XXO XO XXX >ASTERIOU Antigoni O XXX >TSILIGIRI Georgia O XXX >STEFANOVA Tania O XXX >ELISDOTTIR Thorey-Edda XXO XXX >IAKOVIDOU Thalia XXX > >In perfomring this amazing accomplishment Svetlana defeated the >former record holder Yelena Isinbayeva who managed to clear "only" >4.65 15'03. Pole Anna Rogowska took 3rd in a new PR and >national-record tying 4.65 15'03.00. > >As per usual there's already talk about it on the PoleVaultPower >boards... > >http://polevaultpower.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3001 >http://polevaultpower.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2993 > >More to come as news comes in... > >Stay tuned! >--- >VaultnGus >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >"Will vault for food..." > _______________________________________________ pole-vault-canada mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/pole-vault-canada
