Yokohama - Isinbayeva 4.72
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:32 pm
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/20060925TDY24003.htm
World record-holder Ishibayeva, who shockingly failed to clear a height in last year's meet, went over the bar at 4.72 meters to break Australian Tatiana Grigorieva's 2001 meet mark of 4.56.
Grigorieva also topped the record with a jump of 4.57 but had to settle for second. Australia's Kym Howe was third at 4.47.
Sawano outduels Walker
The special pole vault duel between Japan record-holder Daichi Sawano and American Brad Walker turned into a one-man show, and a mediocre one at that.
Sawano cleared 5.70 meters for the victory, but had already clinched it when he made the opening height of 5.50--while Walker flopped on all three attempts.
"It was a shame that Brad couldn't jump with me," said Sawano, who took aim at his Japan record of 5.83 but fell well short in three shots at 5.85. "I felt I had a shot at the Japan record, but I was too anxious."
World record-holder Ishibayeva, who shockingly failed to clear a height in last year's meet, went over the bar at 4.72 meters to break Australian Tatiana Grigorieva's 2001 meet mark of 4.56.
Grigorieva also topped the record with a jump of 4.57 but had to settle for second. Australia's Kym Howe was third at 4.47.
Sawano outduels Walker
The special pole vault duel between Japan record-holder Daichi Sawano and American Brad Walker turned into a one-man show, and a mediocre one at that.
Sawano cleared 5.70 meters for the victory, but had already clinched it when he made the opening height of 5.50--while Walker flopped on all three attempts.
"It was a shame that Brad couldn't jump with me," said Sawano, who took aim at his Japan record of 5.83 but fell well short in three shots at 5.85. "I felt I had a shot at the Japan record, but I was too anxious."