Men's PV Qualifying - Some big names miss finals

[rainbowgirl28]

Liu misses his second attempt.

We now have Bukhalov, da Silva, and Liu up for third attempts and that should be it for the evening.

[rainbowgirl28]

Bukhalov misses at 5.70 and finishes with a third attempt make at 5.65. da Silva misses his third at 5.70 and finishes with a first attempt make at 5.65.

[rainbowgirl28]

Liu misses at 5.70 and I would imagine that is all the jumping for the evening...

[rainbowgirl28]

Perhaps there is more?

21:06 : Both pole vault bars are at 5.70m now. There are seven over in Group A, and three in group B, with another (Isreal's Aleksandr Averbukh) passing to 5.75m. The bars are being raised to 5.75m.

[rainbowgirl28]

There are 10 vaulters who cleared 5.70 plus Averbukh who passed.

Averbukh has 5.65 with no misses. Da Silva has 5.65 on a first with misses. Liu has it on a second attempt and Bukhalov on a third.



21:07 : Even if Averbukh misses at 5.75m, he and Da Silva of Brazil will advance as the 11th and 12th qualifiers, back at 5.65m.

I am skeptical that they are actually raising the bar.

And the qualifiers are now announced. It is the 10 who cleared 5.70 plus Averbukh and da Silva.

Hartwig and Pauli both fail to make finals, a big disappointment for the Americans. Not much video shown on WCSN, but I am sure they will show a lot more for the finals.

Back to bed for me!

[master]

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- Pole Vault Men  Qualification - Group A
Pos     Bib     Athletes        5.40    5.55    5.65    5.70    5.75
        831     PRATT           XXX                     
12      317     CHIARAVIGLIO    XXO     O       XXX     
5       574     MESNIL          -       O       -       XO
1       617     ECKER           -       O       -       O
13      995     POLJANEC        O       -       X       
5       1152    WALKER          -       O       -       XO
11      1028    JENG            -       O       XXX     
1       338     HOOKER          -       O       -       O
4       958     LUKYANENKO      O       O       XO      O
10      413     BUKHALOV        -       O       XXO     XXX
7       1074    MAZURYK         XO      O       O       XO
13      363     RANS            O       XXX             
1       960     PAVLOV          -       O       O       O
8       393     DA SILVA        XO      XXO     O       XXX
9       440     LIU             O       XXO     XO      XXX

- Pole Vault Men  Qualification - Group B
Pos     Bib     Athletes        5.40    5.55    5.65    5.70    5.75
8       559     CLAVIER         XO      XXO     XXX     
        1159    ANDREEV         X                       
1       1079    YURCHENKO       -       XO      -       O
9       336     BURGESS         O       -       XXX     
4       687     AVERBUKH        -       O       O       -
11      562     DOSSEVI         XO      XXX             
        829     LANARO          XXX                     
5       1127    PAULI           -       O       -       XXX
9       1071    KORCHMID        O       XXX             
3       641     OTTO            -       XO      -       XO
        602     LEWIS           XXX                     
        965     PROKOPENKO      XXX                     
        753     SAWANO          -       XX-     X       
7       474     BALNER          XO      XO      XXX     
5       1104    HARTWIG         O       O       XXX     
2       636     LOBINGER        -       XXO     -       O


[UWvaulter]

Andrej Poljanec's poles were broken in shipping, and forced him to stop after one attempt at 5.65!

[SKOT]

is Nagai Stadium like the venue in Sacramento that hosted NCAA D1 Nationals for a whole bunch of years in that one runway is percieved to be faster? There were substantially better results on the runway with Walker and Hooker. How are the runways configured?

[achtungpv]

Dang. Two of my dark horse picks just miss the final...Liu and Bukhalov.

You never know which Pavlov is gonna show up...the 5.90 vaulter or the 5.40 vaulter. Looks like the 5.90 vaulter did. Mesnil looked great clearing 5.82 a few weeks back by about 4 inches and was clean today. Should be a good final with good number over 5.85-5.90 as long as it doesn't rain like two years ago.

[master]

After they stopped the competition, WCSN showed video of Hooker's 5.70 jump. It was great; lots of clearance and centered right over the bar.

- master

[rainbowgirl28]

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite? ... 2FShowFull

Athletics: Averbukh through to pole vault final
By ALLON SINAI




Alex Averbukh proved again on Thursday afternoon why he's widely regarded as Israel's greatest athlete.


The double European Pole Vault champion, cleared 5.55 meters and 5.65m in his first attempts at the World Championships in Osaka and booked his place in the final which will take place on Saturday.


The 32-year-old will be competing in his third World Championship final and will be looking to go one place better than he did last time around.

Averbukh won the silver medal at Edmonton in 2001, two years after claiming the bronze at the 1999 championships.

He will, however, have to improve dramatically on his season's best if he's to have a chance of winning a medal of any color on Saturday.

The Israeli has only jumped 5.70m this year, over 20 centimeters less than the season best of favorites Brad Walker, Bjorn Otto and Steven Hooker.

[rainbowgirl28]

http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUI ... 0_07_45_59

Men's Pole Vault Qualifying

Brad Walker (Mountlake Terrace, Wash.): Took three jumps. Cleared 5.70 after that, and luckily got the chance to shut it down. It's anybody's game, and I am sure there will be a lot of people in the mix in the finals.

Jeff Hartwig (Jonesboro, Ark.): A bit frustrating. I feel like I was in much better shape at the US championships than I am right now. I put a lot of effort into just getting here at the nationals that I left myself short here.

Jacob Pauli (Cedar Falls, Iowa): Everything was going good. Made 5.55 on the first attempt, then made a decision to pass 5.65, which ultimately made the final. Conditions were decent. This is a building block for next year, but it's still super disappointing.