London: Double Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva is to take a break from sport to have a child before she considers a comeback for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Russian pole vault queen said Tuesday. Isinbayeva, 30, won the bronze medal at the London Olympics Monday, and took it…
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…
STEVE LEWIS has made himself an outside bet for an Olympic medal by setting a new British pole vault record in Poland. Lewis, 26, cleared 5.82m, 18 days before he competes in the Olympic Stadium, and beat a field including world champion Pawel Wojciechowski and Olympic champion Steve Hooker to…
SUKMA debutant Iskandar Alwi’s decision to switch from high jump to pole vault six years ago has paid off handsomely. The 18-year-old from Johor was in smashing form as he upstaged the more experienced Mohd Fahme Zamzam Mehamad of Federal Territories to break the Sukma record with a height of…
Emma King won the pole vault at the Don Boyer Invitational on Saturday with 12 feet 10 inches, the highest clearance by a high school girl in Maryland state history. The Oakdale junior All-Met entered the competition at 10-6, a foot higher than what the runner-up finished with, and blew…
