Grigorieva's new poles arrive just in time

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Poles apart no more
Marianne Betts
18mar06

CHAMPION pole vaulter Tatiana Grigorieva has been saved by the mail.
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Grigorieva's new set of poles has arrived from the US just six days before her bid for Commonwealth gold.
Until yesterday the defending Commonwealth champion did not have a pole to compete with after her competition poles were stolen.

Grigorieva's three prized poles, worth $1500, disappeared from her Gold Coast training ground while she was in Europe over Christmas.

The Russian-born Australian would not comment yesterday, but her manager Rick Carter confirmed the new set had arrived.

This month Grigorieva feared her poles would not arrive in time and threatened to fly to wherever they were to find them.

Grigorieva is due in Melbourne on Tuesday ahead of the women's pole vault qualifying event on Thursday and the final on March 25.