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…
The Athens Street Pole Vault for women will be held at 19:00 on Friday at Syntagma Square. Participating from Greece are Olympic champion pole vaulter Katerina Stefanidi and Nicole Kyriakopoulou, with personal best 4.81 metres, as well three top women pole vaulters from abroad, ANA reports. Read More
Katerina Stefanidi registered a new national record in the women’s pole vault clearing 4.90 meters at the New York meeting this weekend. The Greek pole-vaulter broke the 4.81m national indoor record that was just seven days old, from February 14, recorded by Nicole Kyriakopoulou. Stefanidi’s jump over 4.90m was the…
Greek pole-vaulter Nicole Kyriakopoulou earned herself a ”diamond” by clinching the top spot in the IAAF Diamond League final in Zurich on Thursday, just a few days after securing a bronze medal at the World Championships in Beijing. The 29-year-old jumper topped the event on the night clearing 4.77 meters,…
Pole vault is the event to watch for Greek track and field fans this year, with both Costas Filippidis and Nicole Kyriakopoulou impressively registering new national records over the weekend in Paris. Filippidis improved his recent record of 5.85 meters by as many as six points at the IAAF Diamond…
The European Track and Field Championship took place in Helsinki on Saturday and Nicole Kyriakopoulou managed to win Greece’s first medal, after finishing third in the women’s pole vault final. Mrs Kyriakopoulou cleared 4.60 meters that night. The other two medalists cleared exactly the same height, but the Greek athlete…
