Steve Hooker has claimed his powers of persuasion played a decisive role in his qualification for the London Olympics men’s pole vault final. The reigning Olympic champion made just one attempt in qualifying, clearing a height of 5.50 metres and then convinced his fellow competitors and the officials to expand…
LONDON, UK – 14 men are through to the final of the Pole Vault which takes place on Friday evening. The bookmakers have France’s Renaud Lavillenie as the hot favourite, but will be crossing their fingers for a similar scenario to the women’s competition, which saw Russian heroine Yelena Isinbayeva…
London: Double Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva is to take a break from sport to have a child before she considers a comeback for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Russian pole vault queen said Tuesday. Isinbayeva, 30, won the bronze medal at the London Olympics Monday, and took it…
Carson Dingler is already planning where she hopes to be four years from today. No, it won’t be sitting in high school science class. Or shopping for shoes at the mall. She dreams of traveling to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the 2016 Summer Olympics. There is no need to…
LONDON — Former Oregon standout Becky Holliday bowed out of the pole vault competition after clearing two heights at the London Olympics on Monday, but she wasn’t about to leave the venue. The 32-year-old Holliday, who placed ninth overall at 14 feet, 7¼ inches, wanted to stay and watch her…
Twelve athletes had been due to make it through to the final, but Lewis will be one of 14 to compete on Friday evening after finishing in joint-ninth place with six other athletes. Lewis, along with some of the event’s top names in recent years including medal hope Bjorn Otto…
For one brief track and field season, I held the pole vault record at St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel, New Jersey: 8 feet, 6 inches. Before you laugh though, I should tell you what the circumstances were and note that this was around 1972 when clearing 10 feet…
LONDON – University of New Orleans head track and field coach Ty Sevin is participating in the 2012 London Olympic Games as a member of the United States track and field coaching staff. Sevin is coaching two athletes – Kara Patterson (javelin) and Brad Walker (pole vault) – who are…
Steve Hooker needed only one attempt to go through to the final of the men’s pole vault at the Olympic Stadium. The reigning champion easily cleared 5.50m to progress to the final on Day 14 as the equal-ninth qualifier. World indoor champion Renaud Lavillenie of France and Germany’s Raphael Holzdeppe…
The legend of Jim Thorpe and some misconceptions that still exist Before the 1912 Olympic decathlon, Jim Thorpe rarely competed in events such as the pole vault, shot put and javelin. But Thorpe was incredibly perceptive, a technique he sharpened watching horses gallop as a child. He would study their…
