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Athletics-Key women to watch at world championships

Sept 26 (Reuters) – Key women to watch at the Sept. 27-Oct. 6 world championships at Doha KATERINA STEFANIDI, Greece, pole vault The Greek just…

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Before each leap of faith, Tokyo 2020-bound EJ Obiena is calm under pressure

The pole vaulter became the first Filipino to win a berth to next year’s summer games by meeting the Olympic standard in Chiara, Italy. Throughout…

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Bradshaw: ‘Getting dropped by Nike was tough, I was getting down’

These are precarious times to be an athlete, particularly if your trade involves hurling yourself through the sky as high or as far as is…

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Duplantis lifted by parents’ coaching

DOHA (Reuters) – Teenager Armand Duplantis is near the pinnacle of the pole vaulting world but the reigning European champion says he would not be…

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Bradshaw feared Season Was Over

HOLLY BRADSHAW has revealed how her world championship hopes were almost ended by the biggest scare of her career. The Blackburn Harrier has a history…

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Op-Ed: Sam Kendricks and Mondo Duplantis are the ‘Ones to Watch’ in Doha

Doha – The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships will take place later this month in Doha, Qatar. Two male pole vaulters to “watch out for” include…

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An Introspective Sam Kendricks, Pole Vault World Champion, Outlines Plans To Reach New Heights

The timing couldn’t have been better for Sam Kendricks if he’d planned it himself. For the past three years, the first Diamond League men’s pole…

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Natalie Uy cops pole vault bronze in Asian athletics tiff

MANILA, Philippines – Fil-Am Natalie Uy claimed a pole vault bronze medal in the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar Tuesday while breaking the…