A few weeks have passed since Yarisley Silva became the first woman to win three consecutive Pan-American Games pole vault titles, but the Cuban still has unfinished business – not just for this season but for 2020 and beyond. At the recent Pan-American Games in Lima, the 32-year-old cleared 4.75m…
Cuban Yarisley Silva produced the best performance of the third day of track and field at the Pan-American Games on Thursday (8), topping 4.75m to win the pole vault on another cold night at the “Estadio de la Videna” in Lima. The 32-year-old from Pinar del Río secured her third…
Yarisley Silva has been Cuba’s leading pole vaulter for more than a decade. The 2015 world champion and equal fifth best vaulter of all time reflects on the highest and lowest moments of her decorated career. HIGH The Olympic silver medal in London (in 2012) marked a turning point in…
The Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo (CONSUDATLE) and the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) have announced the Americas team for the IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018 to be held on 8-9 September. The team features several of the leading performers from the recent NACAC Championships and Central American &…
BARRANQUILLA, Colombia – Cuba’s Yarisley Silva, Olympic silver medalist in London 2012, beat Venezuela’s Robeilys Peinado to win the women’s pole vault gold at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games on Sunday in Barranquilla, Colombia. With a jump of 4.70 meters (15.42 feet), the Cuban beat her own games…
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 2016 Globen Galan indoor meeting in Stockholm has assembled an illustrious women’s pole vault field for the IAAF World Indoor Tour event on Wednesday 17 February, including Cuba’s reigning outdoor and indoor world champion Yarisley Silva. The meeting organisers announced on Tuesday (19) that also present in the Swedish…
Havana, Oct 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuban female pole vaulter is now heading the list of the Best Female Athlete of the Year for the sports poll of Cuban news agency PRENSA LATINA, choosing the best athletes of the year in Latin America and the Caribbean. Silva, pole vault record holder…
A combination of persistence, passion and pure doggedness have proved the driving force for Yarisley Silva to overcome all manner of hurdles on her long and winding road to the top. It was on Wednesday evening inside the Bird’s Nest Stadium when the diminutive Cuban finally stood tall as the…