Let’s turn back the clock and go back to Moscow, 1980. A little bit of background first: this story is about Poland. And Poland was never a part of the Soviet Union, per se, but was well within the area of Soviet influence and control. At the beginning of the…
THE manager of the Irish Athletics team at the World Championships in Moscow, Patsy McGonagle, has said that the championships provide a tremendous opportunity for some of the country’s young athletes to experience competition at the highest level – and to learn from that. Three Donegal athletes – Mark English,…
The IAAF Vice-President and the candidate for the IOC presidency Sergey Bubka shares his expectations for Moscow 2013 and thoughts on Lavillenie’s potential. – You are the Organisational Delegate for the IAAF World Championships that will be held in Moscow this August. What is your estimate of the preparation progress…
Poland’s Władysław Kozakiewicz won the pole vault with a jump of 5.78m (18’11.5″) — only the 2nd pole vaulting world record to be established during an Olympics. In the pole vault competition, despite pleas for silence in three languages, jeers, chants and whistles among the different factions in the crowd…
MOSCOW, February 19 (R-Sport) – Pole vault world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva said Tuesday she doubts she will be fit enough to compete at the world championships in Moscow in August. Isinbayeva, 30, has skipped the winter season after a tough Olympic year and is focusing on bowing out in…
MOSCOW, November 6 (R-Sport) – Russia’s anti-doping agency said Tuesday it has suspended a pole vaulter after he tested positive for a banned substance.Ivan Gertlein, who won team bronze at the Russian championships in Sochi this year, failed a drugs test on October 15, Rusada said in a statement.”Gertlein has…
Moscow – Russia’s pole vault world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva is confident of soaring to new heights at the Olympics after suffering a series of setbacks in the last three seasons. Isinbayeva heads to London boosted by gold in the 2012 World Indoor Championships and happy she has regained her…
