Feofanova wins in Valencia

[BruceFlorman]

While Isi was in Donetsk, evidently Feo was in Valencia …

Svetlana Feofanova wins in Valencia
12.02.2006

Svetlana Feofanova won in the pole vaulting competitions conducted in the IAAF permit tournament in Valencia Spain, after taking the height of 4 meters 52 centimeters.

Three attempts at the height of 4.65, which Svetlana undertook after already winning, proved to be unsuccessful. Feofanova overshadowed the establishment of the new record of Spain by Naroa Agirre (4.47). Yuliya Golubchikova was fourth (4.10), Yuliya Maslennikova - fifth (3.90).

[rainbowgirl28]

http://www.iaaf.org/WIC06/news/Kind=2/newsId=33439.html

Russia’s Pole Vault star Svetlana Feofanova began her competition with first try clearances at 4.30 and 4.40 before going over 4.52 at her second try. The 25-year-old former world record holder did not manage to clear the bar at a would-be season’s best of 4.65, but did garner the win after reportedly using borrowed poles. Spain’s Naroa Agirre, who was ninth at the Helsinki Worlds last summer, set a new national record thanks to a second-attempt clearance of 4.47m.

[izzystikchik]

I would never guess that elites borrow poles like the rest of us