ATHENS, June 25 (Xinhua) — Polish athlete Piotr Lisek won the 7th annual Athens Street Pole Vault men’s contest on Tuesday, clearing 5.84 meters to break the event’s record. The previous record was made by German Bjorn Otto in the first edition in 2013 with 5.83 meters. “It was once…
Greek teenager Emmanouil Karalis finished fifth in the pole vault at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018 earlier this year, clearing 5.80m – a height only one other U20 athlete in history has ever bettered. The 2015 world U18 bronze medallist explains how he got hooked on the pole…
Greek teenage sensation Emmanouil Karalis broke the world junior indoor record in pole vault on Sunday at the national championship that took place in Piraeus. The 18-year-old Cretan cleared 5.78 meters to win the championship and beat the world record for under-20s by three centimeters. Read More Here’s Another Story…
Seventeen-year-old Emmanouil Karalis broke on Saturday the Junior World Record in pole vault, clearing 5.53 meters at the national indoor championship that took place this weekend in Piraeus. Karalis beat a record that was almost 12 years old (since May 2004), and finished third in the national championship behind champion…
