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blazerunner121 · Unread postby **blazerunner121** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:14 pm

i knew it, i knew isinbeyeva would eye for WR!

Unread postby **rainbowgirl28** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:17 pm

It looks like they are going to show the pole vault on TV starting at 10pm Eastern.

www.nbcolympics.com

Robert schmitt · Unread postby **Robert schmitt** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:20 pm

So is Isinbayeva done or moving the bar up??

Scott Go Pre · Unread postby **Scott Go Pre** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:22 pm

Robert schmitt wrote:So is Isinbayeva done or moving the bar up??

She is done, she cleared 4 91 and then decided to stop!

Unread postby **rainbowgirl28** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:24 pm

It's still listed as being in progress... but she's made it pretty clear that she wants to make as much money as possible by raising the WR 1cm at a time. I wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't jump anymore. If she does jump again, my bet is on 5.00 meters.

blazerunner121 · Unread postby **blazerunner121** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:24 pm

rainbowgirl28 wrote:It looks like they are going to show the pole vault on TV starting at 10pm Eastern.

www.nbcolympics.com

where do u look in the site to find like approximate air times?

Scott Go Pre · Unread postby **Scott Go Pre** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:25 pm

rainbowgirl28 wrote:It's still listed as being in progress... but she's made it pretty clear that she wants to make as much money as possible by raising the WR 1cm at a time. I wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't jump anymore. If she does jump again, my bet is on 5.00 meters.

Check it again! It is final now!

wacky274 · Unread postby **wacky274** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 6:05 pm

when does all the mens vault stuff start?

Unread postby **ashcraftpv** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 6:07 pm

men start qualifying tomorrow

roger/over · Unread postby **roger/over** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 6:13 pm

I'll leave analysing the top results to someone who may have been fortunate enough to see all the attempts of the top vaulters, except to note that the first five places were in exact order of the seasonal bests of those place-winners.

What caught my eye was the devastating effect of the six-inch raise from 4.40m to 4.55m. For five of the eleven vaulters still in the competition after 4.40, 4.55m would have been a new personal best. Given the pressure of the Olympics, adding an attempt at a PB is a very tall order of challenge. Only Anzhela Balakhonova (UKR), of the four athletes who finished in a six-place tie had bettered 4.55, with a personal best of 4.57. The other three, Naroa Agirre (ESP), with 4.47; Vanessa Boslak (FRA), with 4.51; and Dana Ellis (CAN), with 4.43, were looking at heights above the national records they held. Stephanie McCann (CAN) Pavla Hamackova (CZE), .ere at and Katerina Badurova (CZE) also were attempting new PRs at 4.55m.

Maybe a 10-centimeter raise would have made for a fairer, and more interesting competition?

roger/over · Unread postby **roger/over** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 6:27 pm

Sorry for a typo in my earlier post. Hamackova wasn't attempting a new PB at 4.55. (She improved the CZE record to 4.60 in 2003.) I was trying to delete that phrase when the excitement got to me and I choked.

Roger

Unread postby **rainbowgirl28** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 6:48 pm

Roger Ruth wrote: I was trying to delete that phrase when the excitement got to me and I choked.

Roger

That's OK, it happens to the best of us

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