Greek Olympic gold medallist and world pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi is among 15 candidates nominated for the six places on the IAAF Athletes Commission. All athletes accredited to the IAAF World Athletics Championship in Doha will have the right to vote in the elections for the Commission, which will…
Olympic women’s pole vault champion, Greece’s Katerina Stefanidi, won second place at the Boston Indoor Grand Prix Athletics competition on Saturday. This meet is the first of six in the IAAF World Indoor Tour. US Champion Katie Nageotte cleared 4.86 meters and Stefanidi’s best vault came in at 4.71. Nageotte feels confident in…
In Lausanne this week Greece’s pole vault ace Katerina Stefanidi became the latest global champion to donate competition clothing to the IAAF Heritage Collection. The IAAF Heritage Collection, which aims to preserve and savour artefacts from the best athletics moments to help promote the sport and help engage fans, was launched…
ATHENS, June 22 (Xinhua) — Greece’s Olympic champion Katerina Stephanidis won the title by clearing 4.80 meters at 6th Athens Street Pole Vault on Friday. Yarisley Silva from Cuba finished second with 4.73 meters and another Greek athlete Nicole Kyriakopoulou and Britain’s Holly Bradshaw shared the third place with 4.66…
Greece’s Olympic champion Ekaterina Stefanidi won the women’s pole vault at the IAAF World Championships in London on Sunday. The 27-year-old vaulted a national record of 4.91 metres for victory in a compelling competition. She failed three times at what would have been a championship record of 5.02m. Read More…
LONDON (Reuters) – Greece’s Ekaterini Stefanidi, the new queen of the pole vault, added the one missing gold medal to her big-event collection when she soared to the world title with the best vault of her life on Sunday. In a repeat of last year’s Olympic final in Rio de…
Gold Medalist in women’s pole vault, Katerina Stefanidi, arrived in Athens on Wednesday afternoon following her Olympic victory. Representatives of the Greek track and field association, SEGAS, greeted her at the Athens International Airport with flowers and a large sign that said “Thank you Katerina, you give us strength and…
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…
Athens Street Pole Vault is becoming a tradition in the Greek capital. Hundreds of fans turned up to get close to the athletes as they prepare for the Rio Olympics. It is a big year for the vaulters explained the winner: “For sure in the back of my mind I…
