ATHENS, June 25 (Xinhua) — Polish athlete Piotr Lisek won the 7th annual Athens Street Pole Vault men’s contest on Tuesday, clearing 5.84 meters to break the event’s record. The previous record was made by German Bjorn Otto in the first edition in 2013 with 5.83 meters. “It was once…
The 15th International Golden Roof Challenge in Innsbruck (home of the Golden Fly Series), presented elite athletes in competition, with a historical twist. This year marks the commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the death of Emperor Maximilian I, who built the Golden Roof in 1500 and enjoyed jousting in…
The category Long-jump Men was won by Markus Rehm (GER – 8,14 m) followed by Zarck Visser (RSA – 7,91 m) on second place and Jarvis Gotch (USA – 7,86 m) in third. The women long-jump competition was won by the Ukrainian Krystyna Hryshutyna (6,62 m) followed by Alina Rotaru (ROU – 6,53 m) on place 2 and Nastassia Myronchyk-Ivanova (6,51 m) from Belarus on place 3. Konstantinos Filippidis…
