While Britain dominated the 1500m, they also picked up medals in the women’s hurdles and pole vault and the relays on the final day of World Masters Indoor Championships in Torun. Irie Hill (pictured) won W50 gold thanks to a 3.51m world record vault. The Briton entered the competition at 3.10m,…
British pole vaulter Holly Bradshaw admitted it was not her night after failing to register a jump at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco. The 26-year-old went into the event on the back of two promising showings at the London Athletics World Cup and the Jockgrim Stabhochsprung meeting in…
Holly Bradshaw continued her preparations for next month’s IAAF World Championships in London by improving her own British outdoor pole vault record. Clearing 4.81m at the Stabhochsprung Meeting in Rottach-Egern, Germany, the Rio 2016 Olympic fifth-placer added a centimetre to the previous national outdoor record she had set at the Arcadis Great CityGames Manchester in May. Like the CityGames event, the Stabhochsprung…
POLE-vaulter Kate Dennison insists she has been performing better than scoreboards have suggested this season – and is eager to prove the point at this weekend’s Olympic trials. The 28-year-old from Alsager had long been the poster girl of British women’s pole-vaulting, breaking the national record 10 times in 2009.…
