The athletics world is in mourning after Lobinger lost a long battle with cancer. He was the first German to clear the six-meter mark outdoors in 1997. Former German pole vault champion Tim Lobinger has passed away at the age of 50, his family told German news outlets on Thursday.…
WARRENSBURG — Pittsburg, Kansas, is a long way from where Central Missouri freshman pole vaulter Vincent Hobbie started his vaulting career, but it’s where he solidified his place in Mule lore with a national title just three months into his UCM career. The Stutensee, Germany-native became the second Mule to…
Canadian pole vaulter Alysha Newman broke her own national indoor record on Saturday, clearing 4.71 metres en route to a tie for first place in the women’s event at an IAAF indoor meet in Karlsruhe, Germany. Newman, whose previous personal best was a 4.70 from last year’s IAAF indoor world championships in Birmingham, England,…
Kiwi pole vaulter Eliza McCartney has surpassed her own national record with a winning clearance of 4.94m at Jockgrim, Germany. The meeting is a pole vault-only event that regularly attracts the world’s top performers. McCartney’s clearance puts her atop the world rankings for the year and third all-time, edging American…
Aachen – American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks won first place in the Domspringen pole vault meeting on September 6 in Aachen, Germany. Kendricks won the 13th annual Domspringen competition with a clearance of 5.80 meters. There were 5,000 fans in attendance. He left last year’s winner, German athlete Tobias Scherbarth, in…
BECKHUM, Germany — Alysha Newman of London, Ont., broke her own Canadian record in the pole vault on Sunday. The 23-year-old cleared 4.75 metres, topping her previous mark of 4.71. Newman did a back flip in celebration after the bar stayed up. She finished seventh at the world track and…
Ernest John again flaunted his eagerness to play in the Olympics with another record-shattering feat in his pet event. The second generation pole vaulter cleared 5.61 meters Sunday at the Stabhochsprung Classic in Leberkusen, Germany to erase his own Philippine record of 5.55 meters. Steadily improving under renowned Ukranian coach Vitaly Petrov, Obiena is closing…
Wolfgang Ritte keeps getting bettah. A year ago, he raised the M60 indoor vault WR to 4.13 meters (13-6 1/2). But on Saturday he improved to 4.15 (13-7 1/4), according to this German track report: “Remarkable: the old and the new record man laid on his way to world record…
It is not only Gateshead that is on the minds of the German team as they prepare for the European Athletics Team Championships on June 22-23. They are already looking a year into the future. In 12-months time Germany will be the hosts when the competition is staged in Braunschweig…
This one-time American-owned Olympic event was opened up to the world after East Germany’s Wolfgang Nordwig won in 1972, ending the U.S. streak of 16 consecutive gold medals. Americans rebounded to win the gold and silver medals in both 2000 and 2004. 1. 1964 – Hansen maintains U.S. dominance The…