Walker no-heights in Glasgow--injured?

[patchdoggydogg]

http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/ar ... 0053514791


Another American Olympic hopeful - pole vaulter Brad Walker - had a setback.

Walker landed awkwardly after attempting 18 feet, 4 inches, the winning height for Germany's Alexander Straub. Walker blamed the mishap on a new set of poles.

''I'm a bit frustrated because if I had a normal series of poles it would have been a different outcome,'' Walker told The Associated Press.

The 26-year-old world indoor and outdoor champion said no bones were broken but he could miss Friday's Millrose Games in New York.

1 GER Alexander STRAUB 5.60 5
2 GBR Steve LEWIS 5.45 4
3 SWE Alhaji JENG 5.30 SB 3
4 COM Scott SIMPSON GBR 5.10 2
USA Brad WALKER NM

http://www.ukathletics.net/results/2008 ... PV_R_f.htm

[rainbowgirl28]

He's been fighting a bulging disk for a few years now. I could see how an awkward landing might set him back.

[patchdoggydogg]

The IAAF website is saying it was a heel injury:

http://iaaf.org/WIC08/news/kind=2/newsi ... tch+report