No athlete in Rio will quite carry the weight of public expectation from 200 million Brazilians quite like Fabiana Murer. The host nation’s most realistic chance of an athletics gold medal in Rio, the 35-year-old veteran, however, will need to be at her absolute best against a highly competitive field.…
Here’s a daily look at potentially intriguing events on the Rio Olympic schedule (all times Eastern), keeping in mind athletes and teams must go through qualifying to reach finals: WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3 — DAY -2 Soccer (Noon-2 p.m.): Sweden women vs. South Africa. The first event of the first Olympics in South…
Fabiana Murer produced the best performance of the Brazilian Championships in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo on Sunday (3), the 35-year-old underlining her Olympic medal credentials by taking the pole vault title with a South American record of 4.87m. The Campinas native is expected to be one of the biggest stars for…
Fabiana Murer will carry the hopes and expectations of the Brazilian nation at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The 2011 women’s pole vault world champion, and IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 silver medallist, reveals some first things of significance in her life. First competition My very first jump in training…
Hard as this is to believe, there was a time when no one knew of Usain Bolt. The 6-foot-5 Jamaican exploded on the scene shortly before the 2008 Beijing Olympics and changed the sprinting game forever. He’s set and reset the world records in the 100 (9.58 seconds), 200 (19.19)…
The event first featured in the sixth World Championships in Seville in 1999. It was at the time the highest-quality pole vault in history with seven women bettering 4.40m. Stacy Dragila remarkably achieved her gold medal winning vault with her 15th jump of the competition, recording 4.60m to equal the world…
Brazil is expected to win 20 to 30 medals at the Rio 2016 Games, perhaps 10 golds, and its top hope for an Olympic title in track and field is pole vaulter Fabiana Murer. Murer, though, can only associate heartbreak with her two previous Olympic experiences. The former gymnast entered the…
Brazil’s 2011 IAAF World Championships pole vault gold medallist Fabiana Murer, who also won the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships title and is the South American record holder both indoors and out, offers an insight into her life by answering our Work, Rest, Play questions. Last month, the 33-year-old Murer…
Brazil’s Fabiana Murer celebrates after winning the pole vault event during the Brazil Athletics Trophy event, on June 9, 2013. Murer has already obtained the pass to the World Championship in Moscow, Russia, in August. (Xinhua/Rahel Patrasso) FROM: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2013-06/10/c_132446099.htm
SAO PAULO (BRA): Pole vault world champion Fabiana Murer plans with full energy for the 2013 seasons, informs Brazilian federation website. Her main goal is the World Championships in Moscow and to improve her South American record of 485 cm. At age of 31 she resumed training in October in…
