USA dominated the championships, topping the medals table with 25 gold, 19 silver and 17 bronze. Jamaica followed with seven gold medals, while hosts Canada picked up three titles. Many of the stars of the championships will now turn their attention to the next big international competition on the athletics…
The San Diego Union-Tribune will mark its 150th anniversary in 2018 by presenting a significant front page from the archives each day throughout the year. Thursday, August 4, 1932 In 1932 Bill Miller — who won three state prep titles for San Diego High before heading to Stanford — won…
LONDON (Reuters) – American pole vault world champion Sam Kendricks completed a double triumph over the weekend by winning at the inaugural World Cup in London 48 hours after Diamond League success in Rabat on Friday. Many of his compatriots, like sprinters Christian Coleman, Ronnie Baker and Noah Lyles, chose…
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 10:40 p.m. MEDAL ALERT: Ekaterini Stefanidi of Greece has won the gold medal in the women’s pole vault with a mark of 4.85 meters. Sandy Morris of the United States, silver…
Greece’s Ekaterini Stefanidi won the Olympic pole vault on Friday and her country’s first athletics gold since the 2004 Athens Games, then defended its integrity after barred Russian Yelena Isinbayeva blasted the event as sub-par without her in the field. Stefanidi cleared 4.85 metres to beat American Sandi Morris, who…
As another Summer Olympic Games approaches, Tim Mack can’t help but reflect on Aug. 27, 2004. That’s the day he joined the Olympic gold medal club. “Sometimes it’s hard to believe I actually did that,” Mack said Wednesday at the University of Tennessee’s sports management “Partners in Sports” awards reception.…
Double Olympic pole vault champion, Yelena Isinbayeva, announced yesterday her intention not only to continue to Rio 2016 but her determination to win her third gold. Isinbayeva was speaking to a group of high school children in St Petersburg on Monday about life after sport, but she made it clear…
Fabiana Murer shattered the Pan American Games pole vault record by 20 centimeters on Monday and helped Brazil tie its record 29 gold medals from Santo Domingo four years ago. Murer, fourth in the world rankings, cleared 4.6 meters in three attempts, breaking the former record of 4.4 by American…
Saying the feat was a gift to track and field followers in the United States, Sergei Bubka of the Soviet Union yesterday became the first person to pole-vault 20 feet. In an international meet with an all-star cast in San Sebastian, Spain, Bubka cleared 20 feet 1/4 inch. That bettered…
Prior to the advent of Cornelius Warmerdam, Earle Meadows of Southern Cal could claim to be the greatest bamboo vaulter in history. He tied with his teammate from USC, Bill Sefton, for the 1935 AAU title and for the NCAA crown in 1935 and 1936, but he was a clear winner…
