Pole vaulter Minna Nikkanen, 25, set a new Finnish record last night with a jump of 4.50 metres at the Vattenfall Seuracup competition in Somero, Finland. Nikkanen scored the new record on her third attempt, beating out her previous record of 4.46 metres. The current world record for women’s outdoor…
There is a new highest jump in the world this year for pole vaulting and it was achieved right here in Fredonia. Gold medalist and Fredonia native Jenn (Stuczynski) Suhr currently holds the world’s lead for 2012 and gained that title Saturday. Jenn jumped along Church Street in the village…
Steve Hooker sat on the ground beside the pole vault runway, not 10 metres from where his friends, and fellow daredevils, were lifting off. When the women’s 1500 metres started, he stood near the track to scream his encouragement for his Russian girlfriend, Ekaterina Kostetskaya. If you did not appreciate…
THERE is a pulse. Just when Steve Hooker had been written off, the defending Olympic pole vault champion puts himself back in the game by registering his best jump for two years. The Australian team captain cleared 5.72m in Poland to send a timely warning to his rivals that he…
