PoleVaultPower.com

Remember, viewers on the west coast trying to watch on TV (though I don't know that they will show any updates from prelims on NBC) won't get to see until nearly 24 hours after the event.

The competition begins at 10:10am Beijing time, which I believe is 7:10/10:10pm in the US.

As far as I know, there will be no websites with live scoring like we see from nearly every major meet these days. Something about the IAAF not buying the rights to it?

I'll do my best to pass along any updates I can find. I suspect we will have better options for the finals.

The IAAF website now shows these startlists for the qualifications:

Pole Vault - W Qualification
Qual. rule: qualification standard 4.60m or at least best 12 qualified.
Group A
Saturday 16 August 2008 - 10:10
Order Athlete Country SB 2008 PB
1 Yarisley Silva [CUBA] CUB 4.50 4.50
2 Alejandra García [ARGENTINA] ARG 4.20 4.43
3 Shuying Gao [PR OF CHINA] CHN 4.55 4.64
4 Marion Buisson [FRANCE] FRA 4.50 4.50
5 Leila Ben Youssef [TUNISIA] TUN 4.30 4.30
6 April Steiner [UNITED STATES] USA 4.63 4.63
7 Naroa Agirre [SPAIN] ESP 4.45 4.56
8 Carolin Hingst [GERMANY] GER 4.65 4.70
9 Vanessa Vandy [FINLAND] FIN 4.31 4.31
10 Svetlana Feofanova [RUSSIA] RUS 4.75 4.88
11 Joanna Piwowarska [POLAND] POL 4.40 4.53
12 Afrodíti Skafída [GREECE] GRE 4.55 4.55
13 Natalya Kushch [UKRAINE] UKR 4.52 4.52
14 Sandra-Helena Tavares [PORTUGAL] POR 4.35 4.35
15 Ling Li [PR OF CHINA] CHN 4.45 4.45
16 Yelena Isinbaeva [RUSSIA] RUS 5.04 5.04
17 Monika Pyrek [POLAND] POL 4.75 4.82
18 Nastja Ryjikh-Reiberger [GERMANY] GER 4.50 4.63
Group B
Saturday 16 August 2008 - 10:10
Order Athlete Country SB 2008 PB
1 Krisztina Molnár [HUNGARY] HUN 4.22 4.55
2 Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou [GREECE] GRE 4.45 4.45
3 Vanessa Boslak [FRANCE] FRA 4.60 4.70
4 Roslinda Samsu [MALAYSIA] MAS 4.30 4.40
5 Alana Boyd [AUSTRALIA] AUS 4.56 4.56
6 Erica Bartolina [UNITED STATES] USA 4.55 4.55
7 Silke Spiegelburg [GERMANY] GER 4.70 4.70
8 Kelsey Hendry [CANADA] CAN 4.55 4.55
9 Fabiana Murer [BRAZIL] BRA 4.80 4.80
10 Katerina Badurová [CZECH REPUBLIC] CZE 4.35 4.75
11 Anna Fitídou [CYPRUS] CYP 4.30 4.40
12 Yang Zhou [PR OF CHINA] CHN 4.45 4.45
13 Kate Dennison [GREAT BRITAIN & N.I.] GBR 4.40 4.40
14 Jennifer Stuczynski [UNITED STATES] USA 4.92 4.92
15 Anna Rogowska [POLAND] POL 4.66 4.83
16 Nicole Büchler [SWITZERLAND] SUI 4.40 4.40
17 Thórey Edda Elisdóttir [ICELAND] ISL 4.22 4.60
18 Yuliya Golubchikova [RUSSIA] RUS 4.75 4.75
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Australian Mark Stewart sends this schedule of bar-heights that will be used in the women's qualifications today:

Height Progression:
400
415
430
440
450
460 automatic qualifying for the final

I predict 4.50 with no misses will probably make finals, but there is certainly the potential for it to take 4.60. I predict most of the top dogs come in at 4.50, with Isi and maybe Jenn coming in at 4.60.

4.00 seems like kind of a low opening height though, glad they are going 15cm the next two heights after that.

Anyone from non-US countries want to post updates from your TV coverage? Let us know what you have access to so that we're not duplicating efforts.

cbc.ca/olympics/livevideo/ is planning live coverage of the women's quals, starting at 6:45 Vancouver time. If that's their correct schedule, Seattle should be able to get the program (on one of nine internet channels they're promising to use for this and other concurrent events) at this time and other USA viewers in their equivalent time zone. Hope so!

Is it not going to be broadcast in the US?

Tried cbc.ca/olympics/livevideo and it says it is not available in my area .

http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv_and_onlin ... index.html

for today it says "Also, coverage of track and field." on NBC (note this is for my area, pennsylvania), but it doesn't specifically mention pole vaulting.

man, i'll be pretty annoyed if they don't show the prelims.

Aw shucks. That's what the result was when I tried to subscribe to msnbc.com The first thing they asked for was my "zip code." I typed in my (Canadian) postal code. Ball game over.

No, there will not be any coverage of the women's pole vault on NBC tonight. If they show any of the vaults it will be tomorrow night. Tonight's coverage will probably have the women's hep, 10k, 800 prelims, men's 100 prelims, and shot put finals.

For those on the west coast, the NBC coverage will often be nearly 24 hours behind schedule, and never live, despite what the logo says (it's tape delayed from the east coast).

I'm getting excited!!! One hour to go.

roger, the site in your post doesn't work in my area!!