BERLIN (Reuters) – Doping cases in athletics need to be dealt with quicker and cheats punished with tougher sanctions, IAAF vice president Sergey Bubka said on Thursday with his sport confronted by allegations of hundreds of suspicious past tests. “We need to see how to speed up the process between…
The Ukrainian, the Olympic pole vault gold medallist in 1988, promised he would create an additional vice-president position at the IAAF to be held by a woman and to be in charge of the sport’s gender policy. He also promised that every IAAF Committee and Commission must include women, and the…
Olympic gold medalist at the Seoul 1988 games and pole vault legend Sergey Bubka explains why he is a big admirer of the London 2012 Olympic pole vault champion, France’s Renaud Lavillenie. ** The articles that we post on this website are searched from the Internet and don’t…
The Turkish Athletics Federation (TAF) has approached Ukranian pole vault legend Sergei Bubka to manage the sport in Turkey, Doğan News Agency has reported. The Ministry of Youth and Sports contacted Bubka to oversee the sport and is planning to allocate a 14 million Turkish Lira yearly budget to the…
Ukraine’s pole vault legend Sergey Bubka attends the judo event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 2, 2012. Bubka is head of the Entourage Commission which has compiled a report into the punishment of athletes who break the rules FROM: http://my.sports.yahoo.com/photos/ukraines-pole-vault-legend-sergey-bubka-attends-judo-photo-010335412.html
In preparation for Moscow, SPIKES has tracked down 10 great world champions to ask them about their first golden moment. Six-time pole vault champ Sergey Bubka won gold number one at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki. “It was an unforgettable experience to win in Helskini. The qualification sessions was cancelled…
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Legendary Ukranian pole vault athlete Sergey Bubka, visited Indonesia last Tuesday, June 25, to strengthen the relationship between Ukraine and Indonesia in developing sport achievements. Bubka the chairman of the Ukranian Olympics Committee, and the chairman of the Indonesian Olympics Committee, Rita Subowo, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding…
French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie is denied the second best indoor vault of all time, as his clearance of 6.07m is shown a red flag at the European Indoor Championships. The Olympic champion had already won the competition in Gothenburg with a clearance of 6.01m, when he stepped up for…
DONETSK (UKR): IAAF Vice-President Sergey Bubka welcomed recent success of IAAF in fight against doping. “All this news with results of re-tested samples from Olympic Games 2004 and World Championships 2005 are showing the cheaters will be catched. Sooner or later. That is good for our sport. IAAF shows the…
