Men's Final - Hooker 5.96 OR, Lukyanenko 5.85

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The action begins at 4:55am Pacific/7:55am Eastern!

Order Athlete Country SB 2008 PB
1 Derek Miles USA 5.80 5.85
2 Dmitry Starodubtsev RUS 5.75 5.75
3 Igor Pavlov RUS 5.81 5.90
4 Evgeniy Lukyanenko RUS 6.01 6.01
5 Przemyslaw Czerwinski POL 5.70 5.80
6 Jan Kudlicka CZE 5.70 5.70
7 Leonid Andreev UZB 5.65 5.65
8 Giuseppe Gibilisco ITA 5.65 5.90
9 Danny Ecker GER 5.80 6.00
10 Jérôme Clavier FRA 5.80 5.80
11 Denys Yurchenko UKR 5.83 5.85
12 Steven Hooker AUS 6.00 6.00
13 Raphael Holzdeppe GER 5.80 5.80



Derek is first, that can be good and bad.

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Good morning Pole Vault Power...

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They are introducing he men. Derek looks sharp, he is followed by the three Russians, then the rest of the field

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Here is the live scoring: http://www.nbcolympics.com/trackandfiel ... index.html

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Height progression is: 5.45 5.60 5.70 5.75 5.80 5.85 5.90 5.95 6.00

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Only Pavlov, Lukyanenko, and Hooker pass 45. Everyone else entering at this height.

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Derek kicks it off with a make!! Goooo Derek!!!

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Czerwinski misses

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IAAF: 20:05
The pole vault is starting at 5.45m. We just saw a clarance for Kudlicka.
20:02
We fully expect you to be keeping up with all of it, of course; we are.
20:00
Meanwhile, the men's pole vaulters have been introduced, and they will get underway in a few minutes. That will mean we'll have vaulting, jumping, throwing and running all happening at once.

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Clearance for Kudlicka and miss for Andreev

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Miss for Gibilisco

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Seems like a bit of a delay, I wonder if they made them wait for the start of the 4x400