Brussels - Isinbayeva 4.81

[rainbowgirl28]

Showing Isi on TV...

Makes it easily with plenty of height.

[rainbowgirl28]

They show Jenn's 3rd attempt at 4.66. Looks like the pole is a little soft, or she is a little flat on her takeoff, as she kind of squashes it and hits the bar on the way up.

[BruceFlorman]

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Results - Pole Vault Women
Athlete              Nat 4.36 4.46 4.56 4.66 4.71 4.76
MURER, Fabiana       BRA  o    o    o    o
ISINBAYEVA, Yelena   RUS  -    -    -    o
PYREK, Monika        POL  o    xo   o    xxo
SPIEGELBURG, Silke   GER  xo   -    xo   xxx
POLNOVA, Tatyana     RUS  o    o    xxo  xxx
STUCZYNSKI, Jennifer USA  -    o    xxo  xxx
GRIGORIEVA, Tatiana  AUS  o    xo   xxo  xxx
SCHWARTZ, Jillian    USA  xo   o    xxx
ROGOWSKA, Anna       POL  o    -    xxx
GOLUBCHIKOVA, Yuliya RUS  xo   xxx
RYJIKH, Nastja       GER  xo   xxx
HOWE, Kym            AUS  xxx

It's not clear to me if Pyrek is taking her 3rd at this height or passing. Seems to me like she might as well pass, right?

Edit: But what do I know? She clears it.

[rainbowgirl28]

Murer bails on her first attempt at 4.71.

[rainbowgirl28]

Pyrek had cleared 4.66 on her 3rd attempt.

[rainbowgirl28]

They show Pyrek's 2nd attempt at 4.71. She misses. It's not bad but not super close.

[rainbowgirl28]

Murer and Pyrek are out. It's all Isinbayeva, If she fails to clear the next height she will finish tied with Murer (or a jumpoff), but she looked pretty good over 4.66.

[BruceFlorman]

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Results - Pole Vault Women
Athlete              Nat 4.36 4.46 4.56 4.66 4.71 ???
MURER, Fabiana       BRA  o    o    o    o    xxx
ISINBAYEVA, Yelena   RUS  -    -    -    o    -
PYREK, Monika        POL  o    xo   o    xxo  xxx
SPIEGELBURG, Silke   GER  xo   -    xo   xxx
POLNOVA, Tatyana     RUS  o    o    xxo  xxx
STUCZYNSKI, Jennifer USA  -    o    xxo  xxx
GRIGORIEVA, Tatiana  AUS  o    xo   xxo  xxx
SCHWARTZ, Jillian    USA  xo   o    xxx
ROGOWSKA, Anna       POL  o    -    xxx
GOLUBCHIKOVA, Yuliya RUS  xo   xxx
RYJIKH, Nastja       GER  xo   xxx
HOWE, Kym            AUS  xxx

Everybody but Isi's out now, but she hasn't got it won yet.

[rainbowgirl28]

They haven't shown what Isi will jump at yet. The announcers said she is passing 4.71 and 4.76, so I don't know if she will attempt 4.81 first for the easy win, or go straight for something higher.

[rainbowgirl28]

Isi attempts 4.81. She blows through on her first attempt.

Bubka and his wife look on.

The announcer makes an attempt to explain what she has been working on with her technique and totally butchers it.

[rainbowgirl28]

Isi clears 4.81 by a good margin for the win.

[BruceFlorman]

She just needed to "find the right pole".