Vitaly Petrov takes IAAF Coaches’ Award

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Vitaly Petrov takes IAAF Coaches’ Award
Thursday 27 December 2007
Ukraine’s Vitaly Petrov was presented with the IAAF Coaches’ Award at the World Athletics Gala in Monaco in recognition of his life-long devotion to developing Pole Vault World and Olympic champions.

Extract from the IAAF 2007 Yearbook

Vitaliy Petrov remembers very well the day when he stopped his 16-year long coaching of Sergey Bubka. It was the 16th of June 1990 and it turned out to be the decisive point for both of them.

"From all points of view, Sergey was the most unordinary boy I met in life,â€Â