SAO PAULO (BRA): Pole vault world champion Fabiana Murer plans with full energy for the 2013 seasons, informs Brazilian federation website. Her main goal is the World Championships in Moscow and to improve her South American record of 485 cm. At age of 31 she resumed training in October in…
Bob Seagren competed during an era when the capabilities of fibreglass poles were still being explored, which resulted in frequent revisions to the world pole vault record. Seagren was one of the key contributors to these revisions, and he set his first world record of 5.30m at Fresno on 14…
Up until 1964, Fred Hansen had made a slow but gradual improvement as a pole vaulter, reaching a personal best of 4.90m in 1963. But in the early months of the 1964 season, Hansen rapidly exploded to become the world’s premier vaulter. On 5 June, at Houston, Hansen cleared 5.20m,…
