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Mecham wrote: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.
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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
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
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Dutch coverage of the pole-vault final in Helsinki (18 mb)
http://194.151.97.61/avedam/polsstokspringen/helsinki_20050811/Rens%20Blom%20Wereldkampioen.wmv
http://194.151.97.61/avedam/polsstokspringen/helsinki_20050811/Rens%20Blom%20Wereldkampioen.wmv
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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
http://194.151.97.61/avedam/polsstokspringen/helsinki_20050811/trillende_lat.mpg
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