18 yo Li Ling 4.45 (China)

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Li Ling scales junior lead to equal area junior record

Another women’s top result came in the pole vault where 18-year-old Li Ling cleared a world junior leading 4.45m personal best and tied the Asian junior record and only 3cm off Silke Spiegelburg’s World junior record 4.48m. Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) jumped 4.46m in 2001 and another Chinese, still a junior this season, Zhang Yingning jumped 4.45m in 2006.

20-year-old Wu Sha tied her personal best 4.30m for the second place and former top junior, 22-year-old Zhao Yingying made a return to the track after missing the 2007 outdoor season and was third with 4.15m result. Zhao jumped 4.40m outdoors in 2004 as a 18-year-old and 4.45m indoors in 2005.