Euro Champs mPV final

[BruceFlorman]

Had to do the laundry this morning, so I didn't catch the start.

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Athlete                5.40 5.50 5.60 5.65 5.70
Averbukh, Alex         -    o    -    -    o
Mesnil, Romain         -    o    -    o    x-
Lobinger, Tim          -    o    -    o    -
Mononen, Matti         -    xo   -    o    x-
Czerwinski, Przemyslaw o    xo   xo   o    x
Korchmid, Oleksandr    -    xo   xxo  -    xx
Gibilisco, Giuseppe    -    o    -    x-   x-
Looije, Laurens        xo   o    xxx   
Mazuryk, Maksym        xo   o    xxx   
Hultgren, Gustaf       xo   xo   xxx   
Favretto, Vincent      xo   xo   xxx   
Kucheryanu, Sergey     xo   xo   xxx   
Spiegelburg, Richard   o    -    xxx   
Efremov, Ilian         o    xxx   
Tamminga, Christian    xo   xxx   
Dossevi, Damiel        xo   -    xxx   
Alekseev, Igor         xxo  xxx   
Bukhalov, Spas         xxx     
Jeng, Alhaji           -    -    x   
Börgeling, Lars        -    xxx   


Did Jeng pull out with an injury? I know he was battling something coming into the EC.

[BruceFlorman]

Catching up the Eurosport commentary:

Men's pole vault final 15:20 Olaksandr Korchmid bows out after three failed attemtps at 5.70m

Men's pole vault final 15:07 Mononen fails for the first time at 5.70m

Men's pole vault final 15:05 Israel's Alex Averbukh also goes clear in his first attempt at 5.65

Men's pole vault final 15:00 Matti Mononen of Finland also goes clear at 5.65m

Men's pole vault final 14:54 Tim Lobinger looking very strong here. He clears 5.65 comfortably and pumps his fist.

Men's pole vault final 14:47 Oleksandr Korchmid clears at 5.60m in his final attempt.

Men's pole vault final 14:45 Maksym Mazuryk in trouble here...He brings the bar down at 5.60 and bows out of the competition. A shame for the Ukrainian.

Men's pole vault final 14:33 Spiegelburg has failed for the second time at 5.60m

Men's pole vault final 14:32 Przemyslaw Czerwinski of Poland goes clear in his second attempt at 5.60m

Men's pole vault final 14:31 Romain Mesnil, Giuseppe Gibilisco Tim Lobinger and Alex Averbukh have all decided to pass at 5.60m after clearing 5.50m

Men's pole vault final 14:29 Sergei Kutcheryanu also gets it all wrong in his second attempt at 5.60m He has just one attempt left.

Men's pole vault final 14:27 Sweden's Alhaji Jeng looks to have succumbed to the thigh injury he was carrying. He abandons his second attempt at 5.60m

Men's pole vault final 14:09 Ilian Efremov and Christian Tamminga have also bowed out at 5.50m alongside Borgeling

Men's pole vault final 14:05 Borgeling in trouble in the pole vault....he fails at 5.50 for the third time and is out!!!

Men's pole vault final 13:31 Lobinger gets up and walks away after having a word with the officials about the landing bed. He was holding his back earlier.

Men's pole vault final 13:30 Lobinger clears the bar comfortably but appears to have hurt himself on landing.

Men's pole vault final 13:30 Tim Lobinger about to attempt 5.50m now.

Men's pole vault final 13:29 Former world champion Giuseppe Gibilisco also clears 5.50m comfortably.

Men's pole vault final 13:25 The Olympic Champion Stefano Baldini looking menacing. He eases to the front alongside Rey.

Men's pole vault final 13:22 The Israeli Alex Averbukh sails clear at 5.50m. That will boost his confidence.

Men's pole vault final 13:22 Lars Borgeling gets things horribly wrong in his first attempt at 5.50m

Men's pole vault final 13:20 The Bulgarian Spas Bukhalov went out of the pole vault at the opening height of 5.40.

Men's pole vault final 13:00 Dossevi of France fails for the first time at 5.40m

Men's pole vault final 12:59 Hardly ideal conditions for the pole vaulters here as Richard Spiegelburg goes clear first time at 5.40m. The wind is blowing hard and it looks like there could be the chance of showers.

Men's pole vault final 12:42 The men's pole vault final due to get underway in a couple of minutes. Tim Lobinger of Germany has his eyes fixed on gold. The athletes is currently being introduced.

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Athlete                5.40 5.50 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75
Averbukh, Alex         -    o    -    -    o    -
Lobinger, Tim          -    o    -    o    -    xx
Mesnil, Romain         -    o    -    o    x-   xx
Mononen, Matti         -    xo   -    o    x-   xx
Czerwinski, Przemyslaw o    xo   xo   o    xx-  x
Korchmid, Oleksandr    -    xo   xxo  -    xxx 
Gibilisco, Giuseppe    -    o    -    x-   x-   x
Looije, Laurens        xo   o    xxx   
Mazuryk, Maksym        xo   o    xxx   
Hultgren, Gustaf       xo   xo   xxx   
Favretto, Vincent      xo   xo   xxx   
Kucheryanu, Sergey     xo   xo   xxx   
Spiegelburg, Richard   o    -    xxx   
Efremov, Ilian         o    xxx   
Tamminga, Christian    xo   xxx   
Dossevi, Damiel        xo   -    xxx   
Alekseev, Igor         xxo  xxx   
Bukhalov, Spas         xxx     
Jeng, Alhaji           -    -    x   
Börgeling, Lars        -    xxx   


Guess we're down to the last two.

Men's pole vault final 15:40 Alex Averbukh leads the poe vault at the moment. He's the only man to go clear at 5.70m. No one has yet cleared 5.75m

[BruceFlorman]

Looks like Averbukh is the winner now.

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Athlete                5.40 5.50 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75 5.80
Averbukh, Alex         -    o    -    -    o    -    x
Mesnil, Romain         -    o    -    o    x-   xx
Lobinger, Tim          -    o    -    o    -    xxx
Mononen, Matti         -    xo   -    o    x-   xx
Czerwinski, Przemyslaw o    xo   xo   o    xx-  x
Korchmid, Oleksandr    -    xo   xxo  -    xxx 
Gibilisco, Giuseppe    -    o    -    x-   x-   x
Looije, Laurens        xo   o    xxx   
Mazuryk, Maksym        xo   o    xxx   
Hultgren, Gustaf       xo   xo   xxx   
Favretto, Vincent      xo   xo   xxx   
Kucheryanu, Sergey     xo   xo   xxx   
Spiegelburg, Richard   o    -    xxx   
Efremov, Ilian         o    xxx   
Tamminga, Christian    xo   xxx   
Dossevi, Damiel        xo   -    xxx   
Alekseev, Igor         xxo  xxx   
Bukhalov, Spas         xxx     
Jeng, Alhaji           -    -    x   
Börgeling, Lars        -    xxx   


Yep.

Men's pole vault final 16:02 Alex Averbukh takes gold in the men's pole vault. His clearance at 5.70m was enough while Tim Lobinger and Romain Mesnil took joint silver.

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http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=35676.html

Aberbukh defends

Defending champions should always have it this easy. Israeli Alexandr Averbukh needed just two jumps to retain his title in the Pole Vault. In an unusually long competition hampered by poor conditions and a starting field of 20, Averbukh’s first-attempt 5.70 was enough to become the fourth back-to-back winner.

“It was difficult because of the weather and number of competitors,â€Â