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Isinbayeva Sets New Indoor Record
BBC News Report

Yelena Isinbayeva got her 2006 season off to a record-breaking start as she broke her world indoor pole vault mark.

The Russian Olympic and world champion rose the bar to 4.91m in her first competition of the season in Donetsk, to better her previous mark of 4.90m.

The Russian also holds the outdoor record of 5.01m set at last year's World Championships in Helsinki.

Isinbayeva will tune up for the defence of her World Indoor title at the Birmingham Grand Prix on 18 February.

The Russian's feat in the Ukraine was the 19th world mark set by the 23-year-old.

Isinbayeva 4.91
Pyrek 4.76
Rogowska 4.61
Polnova, Suttle, Kushch 4.51

Burgess, Jeng 5.80
Czerwinski, Gibilisco, Pavlov, Mack 5.70

IAAF Story:

Isinbayeva 4.91 World indoor record in Donestsk
Sunday 12 February 2006

Yelena Isinbayeva raised her World indoor record to 4.91* in her 2006 debut at the Pole Vault Stars competition in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Jumping before a capacity crowd at the Sport Palace Druzba, the reigning World and Olympic champion and twice World athlete of the year added a centimetre to her previous indoor standard of 4.90 set last year at the European Indoor Championships in Madrid. It was the 19th senior World record for the Volgograd native.

It was the third year in a row that the 23-year-old Russian raised the World indoor record in the Donetsk competition, traditionally the finest gathering of international Pole Vault talent each winter. In 2004, she upped the record with first attempt clearances of 4.81 and 4.83, and again last year, when she reached 4.87.

Look for a complete report later today.

* pending ratification

IAAF

Belongs on another thread, but wanted to mention:

Alhaji Jeng sets his second Swedish NR in a week (first was his 2:nd place 5,76m at Eurojump on Thursday). His 5.80m added 4cm to his PB, and was again over Patrik Kristiansson:s 5.75m previous NR. The guy - a Göteborgare - is for real!!!!!!!!!

Jeng:s Development:

Year.....Out.....Indoor
1995.....2.62
1996.....3.60.....3.90i
1997.....4.27
1998.....4.80
1999.....5.30.....5.02i
2000.....5.40.....5.00i
2001.....5.49.....5.40i
2002.....5.41.....5.38i
2003.....5.40.....5.56i
2004.....5.61.....5.60i
2005.....5.65.....5.71i
2006.................5.80i PB, NR

Trains 9x per week, 20-25 hours/wk.
Coaches: Pekka Dahlhöjd and Thomas Kyöttilä
Born: 13 december 1981
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 73 kg

Does anyone know where I can find the Full results of the Donetsk Meeting?

Series: 4,01 4,21 4,31 4,41 4,51 4,61 4,71 4,76 4,81 4,86 4,91 4,93

1--Isinbaeva Yelena RUS WR 4.61 XO, 4.71 O, 4.81 O, 4.91 XO

2--Pyrek Monika POL NR 4.41 O, 4.61 O, 4.71 XXO, 4.81 XXX

3--Rogowska Anna POL 4.41 O, 4.61 O, 4.71 XXX

4--Polnova Tatyana RUS 4.31 O, 4.41 O, 4.51 O, 4.61 XXX

5--Suttle Kellie USA 4.21 O, 4.31 O, 4.41 O, 4.51 XO, 4.61 XXX

6--Kushch Natalya UKR NR 4.21 O, 4.31 O, 4.41 XO, 4.51 XO, 4.61 XXX

7--Spiegelburg Silke GER 4.21 O, 4.31 XO, 4.41 O, 4.51 XXX

8--Schwartz Jillian USA 4.21 XO, 4.31 XXO, 4.41 XXX

9--Vaylenko Lyudmila UKR 4.01 O, 4.21 O, 4.31 XXX

10--Hamackova Pavla CZE 4.21 XO, 4.41 XXX

11--Yang Jing CHN 4.01 XXX


Women:s Results

4sport wrote:Does anyone know where I can find the Full results of the Donetsk Meeting?

http://www.european-athletics.org/index ... &suchwert=

Not that I'm trying to stir up trouble or anything, but ... do you think Isi's taking up too much of Petrov's time now?

BruceFlorman wrote:

Code: Select all

COMPETITOR         COUNTRY 5.30 5.40 5.50 5.60 5.70 5.80 5.85
Gibilisco Giuseppe ITA      -    -   XXX


Not that I'm trying to stir up trouble or anything, but ... do you think Isi's taking up too much of Petrov's time now?

Gibilisco has never been very consistent.

monika pyrek jumped 476m! all time PR and indoor national record

ITAR-TASS photos from Donetsk: http://www.tassphoto.com/?section=news&p_id=309249





Also a couple from Getty Images: http://tinyurl.com/7ux3f

Nothing particularly new here, but I was amused that the headline “…nachinaet i vueigruevaetâ€Â