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Three Germans and two Russians through to the vault final

None of the 26 entrants for today’s Pole Vault qualification managed the automatic mark of 5.75m and so eight men progressed to tomorrow’s final on 5.70. Russia’s Artem Kuptsov was the joint overall leader thanks to his first time clearance at that height, which was a PB. His cleaner jumping card gave him the edge on everyone except World Indoor champion and compatriot Igor Pavlov with whom he tied for top spot. Eighth and final qualifier was Fabian Schulze whose height was also a PB. Schulze completed a full compliment of Germans in the final headed by reigning champion Tim Lobinger.

Full prelims results

http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ea ... 14409.html

Full women's prelims results

http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ea ... 14503.html

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4.40 was the qualifying cut-off in the Pole Vault, and here too the other big star in Madrid this weekend, Olympic champion and World record holder Yelena Isinbayeva was among the leading qualifiers. But it took the Russian two tries at her opening height of 4.50 before a massive clearance ended her evening after just two jumps, by far the fewest of any competitor here. With Polish super duo Monika Pyrek and Anna Rogowska, Russian Tatyana Polnova and German newcomer Carolin Hingst all clearing 4.50, no surprises emerged for Sunday afternoon’s final. Czech record holder Pavla Hamackova, Briton Janine Whitlock and Tania Stefanova also advanced after 4.40 efforts.

rainbowgirl28 wrote:Russia’s Artem Kuptsov was the joint overall leader thanks to his first time clearance at that height, which was a PB.

Kuptsov may be one to watch out for in the next few years. He jumped 5.71 as a 19 year old outdoors & set a world best U20 5.66 indoors in '03, but had a poor '04 season (maybe injury?) and was really consistent over 5.60. His brother who is only two years older jumped 5.70 in '02 but I haven't seen any big marks from him since then.

they've got live results over at eurosport, although the comp is almost over

http://www.eurosport.com/home/pages/v4/ ... 7293.shtml

Igor Pavlov at his first attampt at 5.90 (winning jump) - 8.8 mb

http://194.151.97.61/avedam/polsstokspringen/eki2005/Igor%20Pavlov%20590%20O.mpg

More jumps follow.....

"Nice" picture of Igor Pavlov:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050305/ids_photos_sp/r2401187730.jpg

that video is awsome it looks like track and field are much bigger in europe than the us