WIC WPV Finals

[rainbowgirl28]

http://www.iaaf.org/wic06/index.html# and click on live results! It's on right now!

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Pos Bib Athletes 4.30 4.40 4.45 4.50 4.55 4.60 4.65 4.70
5 223 Isinbayeva - - - - - O - -
8 118 Spiegelburg O XXX
6 77 Agirre O XO O XO XXX
7 323 Suttle O XO - XXX
3 201 Pyrek - O - - XO - O X
1 221 Feofanova - O - O - XO - O
2 202 Rogowska - O - - O - O
4 94 Boslak XO - XO - O - O

[achtungpv]

If you haven't signed up for the WCSN.com coverage, I highly recommend it. They basically show every attempt of every event.

[rainbowgirl28]

If you haven't signed up for the WCSN.com coverage, I highly recommend it. They basically show every attempt of every event.

Yeah this guy in front of me in the stands has it! I caught the end of the women's PV. Isinbayeva blew through her first attempt at 4.93, went up a pole and came down on it on her second. She'll take her third in a few minutes.

[achtungpv]

If anybody knows of freeware that will record streaming video (i believe it's WMV format) let me know and I'll rip the videos down to just the vaults and post them for download.

[rainbowgirl28]

http://www.iaaf.org/WIC06/news/Kind=4/newsId=33847.html

Women's Pole Vault Final
Saturday 11 March 2006

Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia, the hottest favourite at these championships, duly took gold with a, for her, modest 4.80m, with Anna Rogowska of Poland taking silver and a returning Svetlana Feofanova bronze. The expected World Indoor attempt of 4.93 fizzled out, though, as Isinbayeva failed to take advantage of only having taken three jumps to secure the title.

“I expected to jump a few centimetres higher,â€Â

[rainbowgirl28]

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino ... &type=lgns

Isinbayeva wins gold, misses world record
(Adds quotes, detail)
By Gennady Fyodorov
MOSCOW, March 11 (Reuters) - Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva retained her world pole vault indoor title on Saturday despite failing to set her 20th world record.
With the gold medal already secured and former pole vault great Sergei Bubka, now Isinbayeva's personal advisor, watching from the stands, the Russian failed to clear 4.93 metres, two centimetres higher than her current indoor mark.
"The most important thing was to win tonight, world record would have been just the icing on the cake," said Isinbayeva, who won after going over 4.80 on her first attempt.
Poland's Olympic bronze medallist Anna Rogowska, who attempted to break Isinbayeva's world indoor record last week, settled for silver by clearing 4.75.
"I'm very tired now," a disappointed Rogowska told Reuters. "Probably, I'll feel much better and happier with my silver medal tomorrow."
Russia's 2003 world outdoor champion and Olympic silver medallist Svetlana Feofanova won bronze with 4.70, her best vault of the season.
FEOFANOVA'S COMEBACK
"I had already won the world championship and was second before so I had nothing to lose tonight," Feofanova said after making her international comeback following an 18-month absence through a back injury.
"I'm a little bit unhappy with the bronze, silver would have been much better tonight."
World outdoor silver medallist Monika Pyrek of Poland finished fourth and France's Vanessa Boslak, who set the national record, came fifth on the countback after both cleared 4.65.
But all the attention of the near capacity 15,000 crowd at the Olympic sports complex was on Isinbayeva.
"I didn't feel any extra pressure, I was just thirsty to do my best in front of a home crowd," the 23-year-old said.

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http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2 ... 3/091.html

Russia Dominates World Indoor Meet

By David Nowak
Staff Writer

With the Russian national anthem blaring from the speakers, Yelena Isinbayeva smiled through Sunday's medal ceremony from atop the medals podium that she is so accustomed to, but without the 20th pole vault world record that would have crowned a rare appearance on home soil.

Russia excelled on days two and three of the International Associations of Athletics Federation's World Indoor Championships, especially in the field events, where its representatives claimed gold and silver in both the men's high jump and the women's triple jump.

But the hosts weren't too shabby on the track, either. Gold came in the women's 400 meters, 1,500 meters and 4 x 400-meter relay.

Saturday's field for the pole vault final had slimmed down from eight to five competitors by the time the 23-year-old Isinbayeva cleared her opening height of 4.60 meters. She elected to pass the subsequent heights of 4.65 meters and 4.70 meters, which proved too great for Polish athlete Monika Pyrek and France's Vanessa Boslak.

Svetlana Feofanova, the 2003 world outdoor champion and an Olympic silver medalist, and Poland's Olympic bronze medalist Anna Rogowska emerged to challenge the defending champion.

After Rogowska cleared 4.75 meters on her second attempt, which beat Feofanova and led the Russian to transfer her final attempt to 4.80 meters, the pressure was building on Isinbayeva.


But true to form, Isinbayeva soared over the 4.80-meter bar, which Feofanvoa couldn't clear on her only remaining attempt. Rogowska proceeded to 4.85 meters, a height that may have been enough for gold, but failed to pass, handing Isinbayeva the title and a much-anticipated shot at a 20th career world record indoor or out.

But the thinned-out crowd that had stayed on in the hope of seeing a record went home disappointed after the Russian failed to clear 4.93 meters, which would have broken her existing record set last month in Donetsk, Ukraine.

"The most important thing was to win tonight. The world record would have been just the icing on the cake," she said. Feofanova was on the comeback trail after a back injury kept her from competing the last 18 months. "I had already won the world championship and was second before, so I had nothing to lose tonight," she said.

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Nothing real new or surprising here from the Russian press, although after listening to Matthews and Pickering speculating on the webcast about Isi’s reasons for attempting 4.93 instead of 4.92, it’s amusing to hear her rationale.

Yelena Isinbaeva dedicated victory at WC in Moscow to her parents
22:08 | 11 March 2006

MOSCOW, 11 March - RIA Novosti. The Russian woman Yelena Isinbaeva, who won "gold" on Saturday in the pole vault at the indoor world championships, which are now taking place in Moscow, is completely satisfied with her performance. The sportswoman spoke about this at the press conference after the competition.

"I am grateful to the spectators for the support. I felt the energy of the hall. I am one hundred percent contented by my appearance. I am very glad that I could win. But the world record would have been an additional gift for those who wanted to see it. But - it did not come out," described Isinbaeva, who three times was unable to take the indoor record height to 4.93 meters.

The current indoor record was established by the Athens Olympic champion on 12 February, 2006, in Donetsk at 4.91 meters. According to her, she decided to set the bar to 4.93 meters, on account of her previous negative experience. "Two times I attempted to beat 4.92 m, and it did not work out for me. I decided to move the bar to 4.93," explained Isinbaeva.

By the sportswoman’s estimation, her second attempt was nearest of all to establishing the world record. "I think that everything will eventually work out. But this day I was simply too excited."

Also Isinbaeva asserted that she did not feel pressured by the circumstance of the championship taking place in Russia. "I didn’t feel pressure, but rather thirst. I couldn't establish the world record, but I won. I dedicate this victory to my parents, who will be celebrating their 25th anniversary this year."

Discussing the change of her trainer, Isinbaeva stated that she has no regrets at all about her collaboration with Valery(sic) Petrov, to whom she moved from Yevgeny Trofimov between seasons. "I am happy about everything which has happened for me. I have lost nothing and I will only improve my results. But it didn't work out today. For this winter season my preparation was short. In only two months it's difficult to reach my previous level," she emphasized.

In conclusion Isinbaeva reported that the competition in Moscow was her last start of the winter season. "I will prepare for the summer; and my main focus will be on the championship of Europe. Now I will return home to Volgograd, and I will begin preparation afterward. I still don't have the title of European champion (outdoors), so I will try to win it," said the best pole vaulter in the world.

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Photo of Isinbayeva-Feofana with Russian flags.