OFF the runway Paul Burgess has been playing in a band with no name while Steve Hooker has given up his day job as a property developer. The pole-vaulting pair’s preparations for the world athletics championships have contrasted greatly and not just away from their sport. Burgess has hardly missed…
OSAKA, Japan — While her competitors struggled, one dropping out with a leg injury, another puffy-eyed and crying after a dispute with the judges, Yelena Isinbayeva remained in her bubble. She stretched out on the infield of Nagai Stadium with a big white towel over her head, hiding from the television…
OFF the runway Paul Burgess has been playing in a band with no name while Steve Hooker has given up his day job as a property developer. The pole-vaulting pair’s preparations for the world athletics championships have contrasted greatly and not just away from their sport. Burgess has hardly missed…
STEVE HOOKER and Paul Burgess have come up with a novel way of staying on top of their game, at least when it comes to pole vaulting. The Perth-based pair have finished the international season as the world No.1 (Hooker) and No.2 (Burgess) — the first time Australians have achieved…
