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I just got this from USATF. I assume that it's accurate:


DRAGILA RECLAIMS WR IN WOMEN’S VAULT

INDIANAPOLIS – Defending Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion Stacy Dragila on Tuesday reclaimed the world record in the women’s pole vault, clearing 4.83 meters/15 feet 10 inches at the Golden Spike 2004 IAAF Grand Prix meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

The 33-year-old Dragila last held the world record less than a year ago. Her mark of 4.81m/15-9.25, set June 1, 2001, at the U.S. Open in Stanford, Calif., was broken last summer by 2004 World Indoor champion and world indoor record holder Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia. The Russian had cleared 4.82m/15-9.75 on July 13, 2003, in Gateshead, England.

Tuesday in Ostrava, Dragila was anything but perfect in her jumping, making only 4.25m/13-11.25 on her first attempt. But she was in record-breaking form, sending a strong message to her possible Olympic competitors about her fitness and competitiveness. Dragila made 4.40m/14-5.25 on her second attempt; 4.51/14-9.5 on her third; 4.71/15-5.5 on her second try; and 4.83 on her third attempt.

yea its accurate.

AR - not world record - per IAAF - see their site - Indoor 4.86 is recognized as WR and WIR - per IAAF - but still great - AR - ready to rock - S.D. may get the WR yet

Found this reference to it online this morning....

Dragila Sets World Record in Pole Vault
She Sets Outdoor Record, Clearing 15 Feet, 10 Inches
By KAREL JANICEK, AP

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (June 8) -- Stacy Dragila broke the world outdoor record in the pole vault, clearing 15 feet, 10 inches Tuesday at an IAAF meet.

The Olympic champion and pioneer in the sport reached the mark on her third attempt, and she seemed as surprised as anyone that she made it.

''I wasn't expecting it to happen today,'' Dragila told The Associated Press.

Still, she said she was confident she can jump even higher as she prepares for the Athens Olympics in August. She must finish among the top three at the U.S. Olympic Trials in July to qualify for the games.

The 33-year-old Dragila recently revamped her technique to try to stay at the top in world competition, a radical move few athletes would have attempted so late in their careers.

She won the event's first Olympic gold medal when it debuted as a women's sport at the 2000 Sydney Games. Since she began pole vaulting as a heptathlete at Idaho State, she has won three world championships and 17 U.S. titles, and has held the world record - indoors and out - numerous times.

Dragila held the outdoor record (15, 9 1/4) for two years until last July, when Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia reached 15, 9 3/4, a record that stood until Tuesday at the IAAF Super Grand Prix Golden Spike meet.

Isinbayeva still holds the indoor record, 15 feet, 11 1/4 inches, which she set in March at the world championships in Budapest, Hungary.

With her new technique, Dragila hopes she can top that mark, too.

Using her old form, she would take off close to the pit, then let the pole bend and propel her over the bar like a slingshot. Under the direction of coach Greg Hull, she learned to plant a longer, larger pole farther from the box and power her way over the bar.

So far, it's worked well.


06-08-04 1602EDT

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Dragila does it again
The veteran pole vaulter rides her new technique to another world outdoor mark.
By Karel Janicek -- Associated Press
Published 2:15 am PDT Wednesday, June 9, 2004
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OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Stacy Dragila broke the world outdoor record in the pole vault, and Kenenisa Bekele set the men's 10,000-meter mark at an IAAF meet Tuesday.

Bekele, of Ethiopia, finished in 26 minutes, 20.31 seconds, breaking countryman Haile Gebrselassie's record of 26:22.75, set in 1998. Bekele's feat came just nine days after he broke Gebrselassie's 5,000-meter record in 12:37.95.

Dragila, of Auburn, cleared 15 feet, 10 inches on her third attempt, beating the record set by Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva by a quarter-inch.

Dragila, the Olympic champion and 33-year-old pioneer in the sport, seemed as surprised as anyone that she made it.

"I wasn't expecting it to happen today," Dragila told the Associated Press at the IAAF Super Grand Prix Golden Spike meet.

Still, Dragila said she was confident she can vault even higher as she prepares for the Athens Olympics in August. She must finish among the top three at the U.S. Olympic Trials in July to qualify for the games.

Dragila recently revamped her technique to try to stay at the top in world competition, a radical move few athletes would attempt so late in their careers.

As for Bekele, he's the most decorated cross-country runner in history with three straight long-short course doubles at world championships, and all that at age 21.

"I'm very happy," he said. "I knew I would break the world record only in the last lap."

Bekele said he would prefer the 10,000 meters to the 5,000 at the Athens Games.

Dragila probably will be there, too, hoping to win another gold medal.

She was the event's first Olympic champion when it debuted as a women's sport at the 2000 Sydney Games.

She has won three world championships and 17 U.S. titles and held the record - indoors and out - numerous times.

Dragila held the outdoor record of 15-9 1/4 for two years until last July, when Isinbayeva reached 15-9 3/4. Isinbayeva still holds the indoor record - 15-11 1/4 - which she set in March at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

With her new technique, Dragila hopes she can top that mark, too.

Using her old form, she would take off close to the pit, then let the pole bend and propel her over the bar like a slingshot.

Under the direction of coach Greg Hull, Dragila learned to plant a longer, larger pole farther from the box and power her way over the bar.

So far, it has worked well.

Doesn't matter how many places report it as a WR, it is not. The IAAF made it clear in this press release. http://www.iaaf.org/GP04/news/Kind=2/newsId=25542.html

Does this go for all events or are they running out of money from paying every time the women's vault record is broken?

mowad1 wrote:Does this go for all events or are they running out of money from paying every time the women's vault record is broken?

IAAF doesn't pay for WRs.

Several years ago, the IAAF decided that if the event is the same between indoors & outdoors that there would be one WR.