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Track and Field News is reporting that Becker injured her neck this week when she missed the pit during training. She is said to be out for all of 2004. Does anyone have any confirmation of her condition?

Barto

Maybe there will be an update on her site?

http://www.annika-becker.net/

Our Euro Contact says she is definetly done for Indoor - details still sketchy - apparently happened Monday

rainbowgirl28 wrote:Maybe there will be an update on her site?

http://www.annika-becker.net/

mayb if i could understand anything on that site.

Here's a couple of mangled German-to-English translations of an article found on www.leichtathletik.de

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| HP of Annika Becker resounding season must 10.2.2004 | current terminate the vice-world champion in the stabhochsprung, Annika Becker (Erfurter LAC), must after a training accident the resounding season terminate. This communicated the coach of the German Leichtathletik federation (DLV) Dr. Bernd Schubert on Tuesday.   Bitter season from for Annika Becker (photo: Chai)Bei a jump during the training is broken on Monday the staff, thereupon Annika Becker fell so unfortunately on the mat that she did not tighten herself thereby a neck eddy injury?Nach consultation with her coach Thomas way is on the fact to count that Annika Becker can continue the resounding season. This is a hard impact, because Annika would have been for the resound WM in Budapest a medal candidate?, DLV coach says Dr. Bernd Schubert. Only in the past week Annika Becker in Dortmund with the new German resounding record of 4.68 meters had proven, how good she is in form.

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Annika Becker must conclude hall season the vice-world champion in the rod high leap, Annika Becker (Erfurter LAC), must conclude the halls-season after a training accident. The boss trainer of the German of track and field-association (DLV) announced this Dr. Bernd Schubert on Tuesday.  

Bitter season-end for Annika Becker (photo: Chai) in a leap during the training the rod is broken on Monday, fell thereupon Annika Becker so unfortunately on the mat that she closed herself at the same time a neck turbulence injury. „After consultation with its trainer Thomas manner is not to be calculated therewith that Annika Becker can continue the halls-season. This is a hard blow, for Annika would have been for the halls-World Cup in Budapest a medals candidate“, says DLV-Cheftrainer Dr. Bernd Schubert.

Annika Becker in Dortmund with the new German hall record of 4.68 meters had proved not until the past week how good it is in form.

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If anyone else wants to take a stab at translating it, the actual German version was :

10.2.2004 | Aktuell | ps
Annika Becker muss Hallensaison beenden
Die Vize-Weltmeisterin im Stabhochsprung, Annika Becker (Erfurter LAC), muss nach einem Trainingsunfall die Hallen-Saison beenden. Dies teilte der Cheftrainer des Deutschen Leichtathletik-Verbandes (DLV) Dr. Bernd Schubert am Dienstag mit.
 

Bitteres Saison-Aus für Annika Becker (Foto: Chai)Bei einem Sprung während des Trainings ist am Montag der Stab gebrochen, daraufhin stürzte Annika Becker so unglücklich auf die Matte, dass sie sich dabei eine Halswirbelverletzung zugezogen hat. „Nach Rücksprache mit ihrem Trainer Thomas Weise ist nicht damit zu rechnen, dass Annika Becker die Hallen-Saison fortsetzen kann. Dies ist ein harter Schlag, denn Annika wäre für die Hallen-WM in Budapest eine Medaillenkandidatin gewesen“, sagt DLV-Cheftrainer Dr. Bernd Schubert.

Erst in der vergangenen Woche hatte Annika Becker in Dortmund mit dem neuen Deutschen Hallenrekord von 4,68 Meter bewiesen, wie gut sie in Form ist.

Does anyone else get from that, that she did land on the mat after breaking a pole, but just landed awkwardly on her neck?

Bei einem Sprung während des Trainings ist am Montag der Stab gebrochen, daraufhin stürzte Annika Becker so unglücklich auf die Matte, dass sie sich dabei eine Halswirbelverletzung zugezogen hat. „Nach Rücksprache mit ihrem Trainer Thomas Weise ist nicht damit zu rechnen, dass Annika Becker die Hallen-Saison fortsetzen kann. Dies ist ein harter Schlag, denn Annika wäre für die Hallen-WM in Budapest eine Medaillenkandidatin gewesen“, sagt DLV-Cheftrainer Dr. Bernd Schubert.

Erst in der vergangenen Woche hatte Annika Becker in Dortmund mit dem neuen Deutschen Hallenrekord von 4,68 Meter bewiesen, wie gut sie in Form ist.



In a practice session on monday the pole broke during a jump. as a result Annika Becker
fall in a unfortunate way down on the mattress, that she has a cervical vertebra injury
now.
her coach Thomas Weise said, that it is improbable that she will finish the indoor
season.
this is a hard blow to her because she would have had good chances to be successful and
win a medal at the indoor world championship in Budapest.
just last week she showed all that she is in a good shape because she set up a new
german indoor record with 4,68 meters.