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Medal ceremony? What's with the break?

Looks like Isi's planning to go at 4.55 I guess. Either that or she doesn't like another hobo snoozing next to her.

430 445 455 STRUTZ, Martina - xo SILVA, Yarisley - xo BLEASDALE, Holly - xxo PTACNIKOVA, Jirina o xxo RYZIH, Lisa - xxo HOLLIDAY, Becky xo xxo BOSLAK, Vanessa xo xxx BOYD, Alana xxo xxx ROGOWSKA, Anna - xxx SPIEGELBURG, Silke - - SUHR, Jenn - - ISINBAEVA, Elena - -

Dang, there went our Athens silver medalist.

Rogowska's coach doesn't seem to think the temperature is all that bad.

rainbowgirl28 wrote:Thank you Bruce! The London website is horrible for that sort of thing.

Yeah, no kidding.

430 445 PTACNIKOVA, Jirina o HOLLIDAY, Becky xo BOSLAK, Vanessa xo BOYD, Alana xxo ROGOWSKA, Anna - SUHR, Jenn - STRUTZ, Martina - SILVA, Yarisley - BLEASDALE, Holly - SPIEGELBURG, Silke - RYZIH, Lisa - ISINBAEVA, Elena -

Translated from http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/543050 Elena Isinbaeva’s coach Evgeny Trofimov: It needs to all come together He belongs to a rare breed of coaches. A philosopher, experimenter, and expert on one of the most spectacular and enigmatic sports, the pole vault. Maybe this is w...

Thanks for the coverage folks. We'll have to do it again sometime... like Monday maybe?

rainbowgirl28 wrote:Close-up shot of Isi with a towel over her head and wrapped in plastic. Holly didn't say it, but I will... she does look like a homeless person!

What a wacky sport where some homeless woman sleeping off a bender can wake up, grab a pole, and qualify for the finals.

That's 12 over 4.55... they're done now, right?

Even if Jenn had not entered, they could have decided to take all 13 girls who cleared 4.50 and only make Jenn jump at 4.55, take 14 if she cleared. Isn't that what used to happen with Isinbayeva? I don't recall a Q round ever being shut down early just because they were "close enough to 12 an...