Ninth Title For Pyrek in Rogowska’s Absence –

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Ninth Title For Pyrek in Rogowska’s Absence – Polish Indoor Champs
Tuesday 28 February 2006
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[list]Spala, Poland – Ahead of the 50th Polish Indoor Championships which took place last weekend (25 – 26 Feb), fans had expected the main feature would be the duel in the women’s Pole Vault between Monika Pyrek, silver at the last World Championships, and Anna Rogowska, bronze at the last Olympic Games. Unfortunately, a few days before Rogowska had again felt pain in the Achilles tendon of her left leg and so withdrew from the meeting.

Rogowska had regained her Polish indoor record when jumping 4.79m in Birmingham (18 Feb) but she had already been experiencing pain and decided to appear in UK only 24 hours before the competition after visiting her chiropractor. On Wednesday (1 March) after the next consultation the decision will be taken about whether she can start in Lievin (IAAF indoor permit meet) on Friday, and at World Indoor Championships in Moscow (10 -12 March).

In the circumstances Pyrek, after one jump in Spala last weekend, a vault of 4.40m, was assured her 9th national indoor title, which means she has won ever national championship she has contested. She failed at all her attempts at 4.60m.

“In the last two years Anna forced me to make strong efforts to win,â€Â