Live coverage of Men's final

[Mecham]

SO thats it huh? Thats the whole world championship?

[wurster490]

Good job Brad!!! Way to jump good in the bad weather.

[ashcraftpv]

SO thats it huh? Thats the whole world championship?

pretty much. I've got the full results up on my site if you care to look at them. like I said, the conditions were less than ideal and no one looked real good today. Blom got a gift at 5.65m. he came down on top of it on his second and the bar hopped up about a foot and came right back down on the pegs.

[CB]

[polevaultdad]

Fom IAAF

Note Blom's comments

Flash Interviews - Men Pole Vault Final
Thursday 11 August 2005

Gold Medallist - Rens BLOM NED
When I woke up this morning and saw what the weather was like I thought I had a good chance of doing well. Many of the top guys have problems with difficult conditions. This was really my day."

"This was a weird competition. Normally when heights are getting higher you change to harder poles. The wind changed quite a bit after 575 so I had to go back to a softer pole."

"At 5.65 I was so lucky, this has never happened to me. It's typical when I hit the bar even a little bit it comes down every time."

Silver Medallist - Brad WALKER USA
"It was a rough competition. I even had troubles with my opening height. Before my 3rd attempt at that height I said to myself that I deserved to make it. I was very glad when I cleared it. After those problems I finally end up in 2nd place, so I'm really happy."

"It was a hard day to jump. A lot of vaulters were out quite early because of the conditions."

Bronze Medallist - Pavel GERASIMOV RUS
"I feel tired now. Those were very difficult conditions. It was impossible to jump high today. It wasn't really about having a good technique but who had most guts."

"I am satisfied, this is my first medal. I have had so many injuries in last four years so I am happy I finally got a reward."


Helsinki 2005 News Team

[CB]

Dutch coverage of the pole-vault final in Helsinki (18 mb)

http://194.151.97.61/avedam/polsstokspringen/helsinki_20050811/Rens%20Blom%20Wereldkampioen.wmv

[dj]

sweet.........

RUN... PLANT... SWING

dj

[altius]

You mean those pegs that Bubka had shortened so nobody could go past him?????

[CB]

Rens had al the luck in the world with short peg's (2 mb)

http://194.151.97.61/avedam/polsstokspringen/helsinki_20050811/trillende_lat.mpg