Chinese athlete Gao Shuying, who set the Asian record of women’s pole vault at 4.52 meters in Beijing last year, took an easy win in the event at the Busan Asian Games with 4.35 meters on Wednesday. Gao, 23, cleared the height in her second attempt, which was the new Asiad record.…
OSAKA, Japan — While her competitors struggled, one dropping out with a leg injury, another puffy-eyed and crying after a dispute with the judges, Yelena Isinbayeva remained in her bubble. She stretched out on the infield of Nagai Stadium with a big white towel over her head, hiding from the television…
At the Beijing Olympics in 2008, Brazilian pole-vaulter Fabiana Murer would have been a good bet to challenge world record-holder Elena Isinbayeva — that is, if Chinese track-and-field officials hadn’t lost Murer’s pole. Murer entered the competition at 4.45 and was set to attempt 4.55. But the pole she uses…
