Dessau Article and Results

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http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=33209.html

Efimenko and Otto show convincing form in Dessau
Sunday 22 January 2006
Dessau, Germany - German pole vaulter Björn Otto and Kyrgystan high jumper Tatyana Efimenko were the winners at the Indoor Meeting in Dessau on Saturday (21) which featured these two disciplines in front of a crowd of about 1500 spectators.

Taking into account the early stage of the season the two winners achieved respectable results with 5.70m and 1.94m clearances respectively. Efimenko’s height was a season’s world indoor lead and a meeting record, while Otto missed a possible 2006 world lead when trying 5.76m.

5.60 spelt trouble for most

For some time the Pole Vault looked as if it could become a real high class affair. Seven athletes out of eleven had cleared 5.50m, most of them in convincing style, leaving plenty of space between themselves and the bar. Eight jumpers were still in contention since last year’s winner Ruslan Yeremenko (Ukraine) had left out this height.

But when it came to 5.60m things suddenly began to look different. For four jumpers this proved to be too much: Vladislav Revenko and Denys Yurchenko (both Ukraine) as well as Fabian Schulze and Lars Börgeling (Germany) missed 5.60m three times each.

“I think this happened because most of us are still doing hard training sessions at this early stage of the season. So 5.50 metres is no problem, but when it gets higher it looks different,â€Â