Perth’s Nina Kennedy has survived a dark sporting period to emerge as a medal prospect at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in April. Kennedy was dubbed a star on the rise when she broke the world junior record in 2015. But after missing a spot on the Australian team for…
Liz Parnov’s world, as she knew it, came crashing down when she landed awkwardly while training in Perth in April 2016. Pole vaulter Parnov had broken her leg and with that went her hopes of Rio Olympics glory while a then virtually unknown Kiwi teenager, Eliza McCartney, had become the…
A TEARFUL Liz Parnov has vowed to return to the Olympic stage as an even stronger athlete despite having her Rio pole vault dreams shattered by a broken leg. Parnov will miss the Rio Games after fracturing the top of her right tibia in a serious training fall in Perth…
The Olympic dream of West Australian pole vaulter Liz Parnov is over after she fractured her tibia during a training session on Friday morning. Parnov was seen in tears as an ambulance was called to the WA Institute of Sport (WAIS) headquarters where she sustained the injury during a training…
Alana Boyd’s dream of an Olympic pole vault medal remains alive after the 26-year-old made it through to a 12-vaulter final on Monday night after today’s qualification. But Liz Parnov, with father and coach Alex looking on, had a miserable day after being eliminated without clearing a height. Boyd cleared…
Ordinarily for an 18-year-old, stepping out for her first Olympics would be an overwhelming moment of awe and splendour. Doubtless there are some of those emotions for Liz Parnov but there is also a sense of expectation, of a teenager stepping through the natural process of life, like getting her…
Ordinarily, for an 18-year-old girl stepping into her first Olympics, it would be an overwhelming moment of awe and splendour. While there might be some of those emotions for Liz Parnov, there is also a sense of expectation, of a teenager stepping through the natural process of life, such as…
