Fabiana Murer 4.70, world season leading

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From
http://www.iaaf.org/WCH11/news/newsid=60193.html

Buenos Aires, Argentina - The 47th edition of theSouth American Championships began in Buenos Aires on Thursday 2 June at the track of the “Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimiento”, and from its very first beat, the event had a Brazilian rhythm, as it has been happening since 1975, in the oldest IAAF Area Championships. The occasion is special, as the “Sudamericano” is returning to Buenos Aires after 44 years. This is also the fifth time in which the Argentinean capital is the event’s venue.

Marking that Brazilian dominance was the 2010 World Indoor champion at Pole Vault, Fabiana Murer, who obtained her fourth South American title with a world season lead and Championship record mark of 4.70m. Murer began her event at 4.50m, when all remaining competitors had finished their day. The South American record holder cleared that height on her third attempt, under pressure, and then continued at 4.70m, which she also cleared on her third try. And after that, the 30 year-old Murer had two attempts at 4.90m, a would-be South American record. Later she passed the remaining, saving herself for her next event, the Samsung Diamond League Prefontaine Classic, in Eugene, Oregon. Distant from Murer were Brazilian Karla da Silva, second with 4.00m, and Colombian Milena Agudelo, third with 3.90m.