Brussels - Isinbayeva 4.72 (rainy)

[patchdoggydogg]

Start list is here: http://www.sport.be/belgacommemorialvan ... eelnemers/

BARTOLINA Erica USA
GOLUBCHIKOVA Yulia RUS
HINGST Carolin GER
ISINBAYEVA Yelena RUS
MURER Fabiana BRA
POLNOVA Tatyana RUS
PYREK Monica POL
RYJIKH Nastja GER
SCHWARTZ Jillian USA
SPIEGELBURG Silke GER

[BruceFlorman]

It's just getting started. Looks pretty wet.

Live video in the USA is available through TrackShark here: http://www.trackshark.com/videos/2008/goldenleague/

The stream can be played directly in Windows Media Player via this URL: http://wmgllc.edgeboss.net/wmedia-live/ ... 080904.asx

Live results for all events will be here: http://www.sport.be/belgacommemorialvan ... esultaten/

[edited to remove an erroneous comment about the time... D'oh!]

[BruceFlorman]

Wow... way more pole vault coverage already than we got for Zurich.

Nice third attempt clearance by Erica at her 4.40 opener.

LOL for Isi taking the last 3 covered seats for her afternoon nap.

And the first ever interesting shot from the "box camera": Golubchikova's pole bouncing away like a pogo stick after her 2nd attempt bail-out.

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Tatyana POLNOVA     o   
Monica PYREK        o   
Silke SPIEGELBURG   o   
Fabiana MURER       xo 
Jillian SCHWARTZ    xo 
Erica BARTOLINA     xxo
Yulia GOLUBCHIKOVA  xxo
Yelena ISINBAYEVA   -   
Nastja RYJIKH       xxx

[BruceFlorman]

Rough jumping in the rain so far. Two misses at 4.56 for everyone but Pyrek and Isi... and Isi hasn't jumped yet.

Polnova & Golubchikova get 3rd attempt makes.

No joy for either the American or German contingents.

And we're down to four...

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Tatyana POLNOVA     o   xxo
Yulia GOLUBCHIKOVA  xxo xxo
Carolin HINGST      o   xxx
Silke SPIEGELBURG   o   xxx
Fabiana MURER       xo  xxx
Jillian SCHWARTZ    xo  xxx
Erica BARTOLINA     xxo xxx
Yelena ISINBAYEVA   -   -   
Nastja RYJIKH       xxx

[Barto]

No joy for either the American or German contingents.

We will take 4.40m in those conditions right now.

[BruceFlorman]

No joy for either the American or German contingents.

We will take 4.40m in those conditions right now.

Okay... a little joy then.

[BruceFlorman]

Well... Isi will either be first or last now.

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Yulia GOLUBCHIKOVA  xxo xxo xxx
Carolin HINGST      o   xxx
Silke SPIEGELBURG   o   xxx
Fabiana MURER       xo  xxx
Jillian SCHWARTZ    xo  xxx
Erica BARTOLINA     xxo xxx
Yelena ISINBAYEVA   -   -   -   
Nastja RYJIKH       xxx

[BruceFlorman]

Isi's first jump was scary short.

A 2nd attempt make for Isi.

But it looks like she may be calling it a night.

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Tatyana POLNOVA     o   xxo xxx
Yulia GOLUBCHIKOVA  xxo xxo xxx
Carolin HINGST      o   xxx
Silke SPIEGELBURG   o   xxx
Fabiana MURER       xo  xxx
Jillian SCHWARTZ    xo  xxx
Erica BARTOLINA     xxo xxx
Nastja RYJIKH       xxx

[BruceFlorman]

No, I'm wrong. She's going for 4.85... though not particularly well so far: two misses.

Third miss now. Maybe she should've quit on the high note.

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Yulia GOLUBCHIKOVA  xxo xxo xxx
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Fabiana MURER       xo  xxx
Jillian SCHWARTZ    xo  xxx
Erica BARTOLINA     xxo xxx
Nastja RYJIKH       xxx

[rainbowgirl28]

http://www.iaaf.org/GLE08/news/newsid=47532.html

Ups and downs for the Olympic champions in Pole Vault and Javelin

In the infield, the wet runway from the early evening rain made the Pole Vault a bit of a mockery. Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva only attempted two heights, the 4.72m with which she won the competition on her second try, and the three failures she had at 4.85. No other vaulter scaled heights beyond 4.56 in a below par competition thanks to the weather conditions.

[rainbowgirl28]

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cf ... 8090616515

Elsewhere, Russia’s Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva won the pole vault with an unimpressive jump of 4.72 meters, blaming a combination of tiredness after Beijing and the damp weather.

[Barto]

Did anyone record the streaming video before the world feed began? The archived video on trackshark begins with the world feed which began about 5 minutes after they showed the vaulters jumping at 4.40m

To any of you that might have it, thanks in advance.

Barto