Notable international results of the week (01/26 - 02/01)

[Wan]

Men :
International Jump Meeting - Cottbus (Germany, 01/27) : 1. Aleksandr Gripich (RUS) 5.70 m (=PB), 2. Michal Balner (CZE) 5.65 m, 3. Konstadinos Filippidis (GRE) 5.60 m
Moscow Championships (Russia, 01/27) : 1. Georgiy Gorokhov (RUS) 5.60 m (PB), 2. Dmitry Zhelyabin (RUS) 5.40 m, 3. Ivan Gertleyn (RUS) 5.30 m
EAA PSD Bank Meeting - Düsseldorf (Germany, 01/29) : 1. Robert Sobera (POL) 5.65 m (SB), 2. Konstadinos Filippidis (GRE) 5.60 m, 3. Bokai Huang (CHN) 5.50 m (PB)
IAAF Indoor Meeting - Karlsruhe (Germany, 01/31) : 1. Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 5.86 m (MR) (*), 2. Aleksandr Gripich (RUS) 5.73 m (PB), 3. Ilya Mudrov (RUS) 5.55 m
Perche Elite Tour - Mouilleron-le-Captif (France, 01/31) : 1. Kevin Menaldo (FRA) 5.61 m (SB), 2. Bokai Huang (CHN) 5.61 m (PB), 3. Damiel Dossevi (FRA) 5.48 m

(*) (5.73 m xo, 5.86 m o, 6.01 m xxx) RL was ill with flu. Saw him yesterday on TV : bad face and pretty slow on the track, succeeded 5.86 m with lack of power but good technique...

Women :
Moscow (Russia, 01/28) : 1. Tatyana Shvydkina (RUS) 4.40 m (=PB), 2. Olga Mullina (RUS) 4.40 m (=PB)
Razorback Invitational, Fayetteville (USA, 01/30) : 1. Sandi Morris (USA) 4.65 m (PB), April Steiner-Bennett (USA) 4.45 m, Ariel Voskamp (USA) 4.25 m
Perche Elite Tour - Mouilleron-le-Captif (France, 01/31) : )1. Angelica Bengtsson (SWE) 4.68 m (NR), 2. Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou (GRE) 4.68 m (SB), 3. Fabiana Murer (BRA) 4.57 m (SB)
Armory Track Invitational, New-York (USA, 01/31) : 1. Robin Bone (USA) 4.35 m (PB), Megan Clark (USA) 4.25 m, Anginae Monteverde (USA) 4.15 m (PB)

[canag]

I'm very happy for Angelica Bengtsson, whose PR was from 2011 (aged 17 then), and who is back at her true level. I was there, she had very good attempts at 4.73 and did the whole competition in gears! (I think that's how you call warming up shoes without spikes) Very good form for all jumps and no running through / bailing. She was very moved at the end and her face shined from happiness!

A video of her NR 4.68 jump: http://youtu.be/dvQ7MX6ZVas
Her complete competition: http://youtu.be/O6qDl8BO_no

See how her take-off has changed since her early successful years.To me, she has now one of the most impressive inversion/extension technique, men/women included.

Kyriakopoulou 4.68 easy make: http://youtu.be/OOO8ULXnFJ4