Brussels MVD - Isi+Feo 4.80, Badurova 4.65

[BruceFlorman]

Video here: http://www.sportnet.com/iaaf_brussels.html
Live results here: http://www.sport.be/memorialvandamme/20 ... esultaten/
Current status:

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Rank  Athlete            Nat 440 455 465 470 475 480 485 490
1   BADUROVA, Katerina   CZE o   o   o   
1   FEOFANOVA, Svetlana  RUS o   o   o   
1   ISINBAYEVA, Yelena   RUS -   -   o   
4   PYREK, Monika        POL o   xo 
4   SPIEGELBURG, Silke   GER o   xo  x
6   MURER, Fabiana       BRA o   xxx
6   POLNOVA, Tatyana     RUS o   xxx
8   GOLUBCHIKOVA, Yuliya RUS xo  xxx

[BruceFlorman]

Spiegelburg is out at 4.65 and Pyrek is passing to 4.70.

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Rank  Athlete            Nat 440 455 465 470 475 480 485 490
1   BADUROVA, Katerina   CZE o   o   o   
1   FEOFANOVA, Svetlana  RUS o   o   o   
1   ISINBAYEVA, Yelena   RUS -   -   o   
4   PYREK, Monika        POL o   xo  x-
4   SPIEGELBURG, Silke   GER o   xo  xxx
6   MURER, Fabiana       BRA o   xxx
6   POLNOVA, Tatyana     RUS o   xxx
8   GOLUBCHIKOVA, Yuliya RUS xo  xxx

[BruceFlorman]

Isi is passing to 4.75.
Feofanova cleared 4.70 on her 2nd attempt.
Pyrek missed twice and is out.
Last attempt for Badurova now.

[BruceFlorman]

3rd miss for Badurova.
Now Isi & Feo both passing to 4.80 - cooperation or mind games?

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Rank  Athlete            Nat 440 455 465 470 475 480 485 490
1   FEOFANOVA, Svetlana  RUS o   o   o   xo  -   
2   BADUROVA, Katerina   CZE o   o   o   xxx
2   ISINBAYEVA, Yelena   RUS -   -   o   -   -   
4   PYREK, Monika        POL o   xo  x-  xx
4   SPIEGELBURG, Silke   GER o   xo  xxx
6   MURER, Fabiana       BRA o   xxx
6   POLNOVA, Tatyana     RUS o   xxx
8   GOLUBCHIKOVA, Yuliya RUS xo  xxx

[BruceFlorman]

Nice first attempt clearance at 4.80 for Isi!

Sveta missed her first and slips to second. Will she pass to 4.85 now? Of course if she does, I'm sure Isi will pass to 4.90, but I'd like to see Sveta not waste too much energy without going for the win.

Not yet. Second miss at 4.80 for Feofanova. C'mon Sveta!

[BruceFlorman]

Yow! Third attempt clearance and an SB for Feofanova!

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Rank  Athlete            Nat 440 455 465 470 475 480 485 490
1   ISINBAYEVA, Yelena   RUS -   -   o   -   -   o   
2   FEOFANOVA, Svetlana  RUS o   o   o   xo  -   xxo
3   BADUROVA, Katerina   CZE o   o   o   xxx
4   PYREK, Monika        POL o   xo  x-  xx
4   SPIEGELBURG, Silke   GER o   xo  xxx
6   MURER, Fabiana       BRA o   xxx
6   POLNOVA, Tatyana     RUS o   xxx
8   GOLUBCHIKOVA, Yuliya RUS xo  xxx

[BruceFlorman]

Now a first attempt miss at 4.85 for Feofanova. I wish they'd show her clearance on the video, but nothing yet.

Isi is passing to 4.90 now (she's ruthless ), so Sveta is jumping for the lead, but now has a second miss.

[BruceFlorman]

Third miss for Feofanova at 4.85, so Isi wins on the strength of two jumps.

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Rank  Athlete            Nat 440 455 465 470 475 480 485 490
1   ISINBAYEVA, Yelena   RUS -   -   o   -   -   o   -   
2   FEOFANOVA, Svetlana  RUS o   o   o   xo  -   xxo xxx
3   BADUROVA, Katerina   CZE o   o   o   xxx
4   PYREK, Monika        POL o   xo  x-  xx
4   SPIEGELBURG, Silke   GER o   xo  xxx
6   MURER, Fabiana       BRA o   xxx
6   POLNOVA, Tatyana     RUS o   xxx
8   GOLUBCHIKOVA, Yuliya RUS xo  xxx

Well, at least they showed Sveta's final miss, and she seems to still be in good spirits. Good to see her jumping well again anyway.

[BruceFlorman]

So will Isinbaeva still jump 4.90, will she go directly to 5.02, or will she call it a night since she's still got to win Sunday in Berlin?

Well ... evidently she's going for 4.90 now, but missed her first. Alright. C'mon Lena!

And now they're showing her passing 4.90 after the miss. Will she go 5.02 now?

Yuck ... kind'a ugly miss at 5.02 now.

[Vault&Flip]

not a very good attempt at 5.02

[BruceFlorman]

No record for Isi tonight.

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  Athlete              Nat 440 455 465 470 475 480 485 490 502
1 ISINBAYEVA, Yelena   RUS -   -   o   -   -   o   -   x-  xx
2 FEOFANOVA, Svetlana  RUS o   o   o   xo  -   xxo xxx
3 BADUROVA, Katerina   CZE o   o   o   xxx
4 PYREK, Monika        POL o   xo  x-  xx
4 SPIEGELBURG, Silke   GER o   xo  xxx
6 MURER, Fabiana       BRA o   xxx
6 POLNOVA, Tatyana     RUS o   xxx
8 GOLUBCHIKOVA, Yuliya RUS xo  xxx

But a win is still a win, and she's still alive for the jackpot!