Dessau - Otto 5.75, Pavlov and Borgeling 5.70

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I believe this took place yesterday

1. Björn Otto GER 5.75
2. Igor Pavlov RUS 5.70
3. Lars Börgeling GER 5.70
4. Tim Lobinger GER 5.60
5. Danny Ecker GER 5.60
6. Alexander Straub GER 5.40
7. Przemyslaw Czerwinski POL 5.40

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http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=37298.html

German pole vaulters start season flying high in Dessau
Monday 22 January 2007
Dessau, Germany - The Anhalt Indoor Arena provided perfect conditions for a remarkable season’s opening for German pole vaulters in Dessau, yesterday (21).

While there was another storm outside about 2000 spectators witnessed a different sort of storm indoors. It was Björn Otto who finally crowned the event by vaulting over 5.75m. Though one has to consider that it is still early in the season, his mark is a European season’s best. Worldwide he is the number one indoors right now. But of course outdoors in Australia Steve Hooker and Paul Burgess have already cleared 5.91m.

The women’s High Jump in Dessau was taken by Victoria Klugina (Russia) with 1.92m.

There should be more to come

When the bar was lifted to 5.70m in the Pole Vault there were still five of the ten jumpers in competition. They all had cleared 5.60m which was a unique feat for the meeting in Dessau, which saw its sixth edition. Among them were four Germans – all of them starting the season on that afternoon! This was most probably the best ever start to a season for Germany’s vaulters. And there was more to come.

5.70 m was a bit too high for Danny Ecker, who took fifth place. And it was the same with Tim Lobinger, who finished fourth. He had produced fine jumps at 5.40, 5.50 and 5.60 clearing these heights at once. “I was a bit unlucky at 5.70 m but this is okay for the startâ€Â