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Men's PV starts at 10:15 AM on Tue July 21. If this event is live-streamed, you'll find it here: http://panam.cbc.ca/ or here: http://panam.cbc.ca/online-listing/. It will probably (hopefully) be included in a medley of all athletics events on this day.

Meanwhile, here's what's published so far ...

The start list isn't up yet, but this link lists the 11 vaulters expected to be there: http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/athletics/athletes-men-s-pole-vault.htm

When it's populated, this link will show the start list: http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/athletics/event-overview-men-s-pole-vault.htm

I've listed these 11 athletes by their PRs ...

5.92 2015 BRAZ DA SILVA, Thiago - Brazil
5.91 2015 BARBER, Shawnacy - Canada
5.90 2011 BORGES, Lazaro - Cuba (1st in 2011 Pan Ams)
5.83 2014 HOLLIS, Mark - USA
5.80 2015 BLANKENSHIP, Jake - USA
5.80 2011 DA SILVA, Fabio - Brazil (5th in 2011 Pan Ams)
5.71 2006 CHIARAVIGLIO, German - Argentina (4th in 2011 Pan Ams)
5.51 2012 WURSTER, Jason - Canada (5.60i 2013) (7th in 2011 Pan Ams)
5.40 2011 LARA, Yankier - Cuba (6th in 2011 Pan Ams)
5.30 2015 ZUPEUC, Daniel - Chile
5.30 2015 PACHO, Jose Rodolfo - Ecuador

Kirk

The start list is now up at http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/athletics/results-men-s-pole-vault-1-01.htm.

Order Bib Name PB SB
1 108 CHIARAVIGLIO German Argentina 5.71 5.70
2 177 BRAZ Thiago Brazil 5.92 5.92
3 368 ZUPEUC Daniel Chile 5.30 5.30
4 716 HOLLIS Mark USA 5.83 5.50
5 297 WURSTER Jason Canada 5.50 5.40
6 182 DA SILVA Fabio Brazil 5.80 5.40
7 494 PACHO Jose Rodolfo Ecuador 5.30 5.30
8 415 BORGES Lazaro Cuba 5.90 5.20
9 704 BLANKENSHIP Jake USA 5.80 5.80
10 255 BARBER Shawnacy Canada 5.91 5.91

I've listed them here in order of their 2015 SBs:

2 177 BRAZ Thiago Brazil 5.92 5.92
10 255 BARBER Shawnacy Canada 5.91 5.91
9 704 BLANKENSHIP Jake USA 5.80 5.80
1 108 CHIARAVIGLIO German Argentina 5.71 5.70 (4th in 2011 Pan Ams)
4 716 HOLLIS Mark USA 5.83 5.50
6 182 DA SILVA Fabio Brazil 5.80 5.40 (5th in 2011 Pan Ams)
5 297 WURSTER Jason Canada 5.50 5.40 (7th in 2011 Pan Ams)
3 368 ZUPEUC Daniel Chile 5.30 5.30
7 494 PACHO Jose Rodolfo Ecuador 5.30 5.30
8 415 BORGES Lazaro Cuba 5.90 5.20 (1st in 2011 Pan Ams)

It looks like Yankier LARA from Cuba (6th in 2011 Pan Ams) is a late scratch.

Good luck to all, but a special shout out to Shawn and Jason!

Kirk

Shawn BARBER (Canada) has won the gold at 5.80! This tied the Pan Am record. 5.20 O 5.40 XO 5.60 XO 5.70 O 5.80 XO 5.93 XXX

Congratulations to Shawn, my new Favorite Vaulter!

German CHIARAVIGLIO (Argentina) has won the silver at 5.75. 5.20 XXO 5.40 O 5.60 O 5.70 X 5.75 O 5.85 XXX

The two Americans (Jake Blankenship and Mark Hollis) have tied for the bronze at 5.40. XO 5.60 XXX

Full results are now shown here: http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/athletics/results-men-s-pole-vault-1-01.htm

Kirk

In a related story, the CBC Pan AM film crew published a vid here: http://panam.cbc.ca/videos/video/canadian-athletes-shine-ncaa-track-and-field.html about Barber's NCAA D1 win at 5.60 (where he missed twice at 5.40). Also featured on this vid is USC sprinter phenom Andre De Grasse.

Two Canadian athletes that all of Canada can be proud of!

Kirk

What a surprise when Sergei Bubka handed out the medals!



Kirk

Here's another shot with all 4 medalists:



Kirk

Excellent! I wasn't able to watch the live feed from work, but I did watch the results and updates.

Congrats Shawn and go Akron!

Bubka gets around, he was just handing out medals at World Youth a few days ago. Can you tell it is an election year?