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Unread postby TVVAcoach » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:50 pm

Brad is going for 6.04!

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:52 pm

First attempt not close at all. Hits it on the way up. Didn't have the height.

Toby and Derek are helping Brad out. Little American pow wow going on. LOL

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:53 pm

1st Photo of the meet is in:

Rens Blom
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... 0109091731

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:55 pm

I like how the results website blogger is completely ignoring the PV now. I don't think he liked being wrong about the winner and the event being over.

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Unread postby TVVAcoach » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:57 pm

Becca,

Is this the definition of "obsessed", when we spend all morning watching little X's and O's show up on a screen and watch a webcast praying for just one or two vaults to be shown?

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:59 pm

TVVAcoach wrote:Becca,

Is this the definition of "obsessed", when we spend all morning watching little X's and O's show up on a screen and watch a webcast praying for just one or two vaults to be shown?


Hey my sources say they are showing lots of vaults :P

And yes, that sounds pretty obsessed. ;)

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:59 pm

Brad bails out on his second. Looked under. Another American pow wow going on.

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Unread postby TVVAcoach » Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:01 pm

Actually they really have been showing a lot of vaults. Sometimes a little behind the live results, but beggars can't be choosers, so I am not complaining. By the way...great job with all you do around here!

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:03 pm

Brad misses his third :(

But he is the winner! Yay! That should cement his #1 world ranking.

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:08 pm

His third attempt was his best one, but still not real close.

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Fri Sep 09, 2005 3:15 pm

http://www.iaaf.org/WAF05/news/Kind=4/newsId=32015.html

Men's Pole Vault
Friday 9 September 2005

Three Jumps. That’s all it took for World silver medallist Brad Walker to become the 2005 World Athletics Final Pole Vault champion this evening in what resulted in an uneventful competition.

The American who improved his personal best to 5.96m a few weeks ago in Rovereto won with a first time clearance at 5.86m as every other competitor had already been eliminated. He then went on and took three unsuccessful attempts at a would-be World season best 6.04m.

Germany’s Tim Lobinger took second with a 5.70m performance while former World champion Giuseppe Gibilisco was third (5.60m) on count-back.

The first casualty of the competition was World champion Rens Blom who struggled at the opening height of 5.45m only managing to go clear with his third jump. The surprise winner in Helsinki had another two misses at 5.60m and decided against taking his third attempt.

He later declared that he felt a cramp in his left leg and didn’t want to take any risk.

The turning point of the competition was when the bar was moved up to 5.70m, a height too many for European Indoor champion Igor Pavlov and Olympic champion Tim Mack. Walker and Lobinger cleared with their first try.

At 5.78m the final selection was made with Gibilisco and Stevenson, who had both passed the previous height, failing just like American Derek Miles (two misses as 5.70m) and Lobinger.

The only one to make an intelligent tactical decision tonight was Walker who passed 5.78m, watched peacefully as every one else failed and then cruised over the winning bar of 5.86m.

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