PoleVaultPower.com

This is cool.. they are updating the pole vault as they go along.

http://www.goldengala.it/golden2003/re0820040.html

POLE VAULT
Pos Athlete Nat Mark
1 Mesnil Romain FRA 5.92
2 Gibilisco GiuseppeITA 5.82
3 Hysong Nick USA 5.77
4 Börgeling Lars GER 5.72
5 Strogalyov VadimRUS 5.72
6 Hartwig Jeff USA 5.62
7 Brits Okkert RSA 5.62
7 Ptácek Adam CZE 5.62
9 Averbukh AleksandrISR 5.62
10 Kristiansson PatrikSWE 5.52
10 Mack Timothy USA 5.52
12 Chistiakov ViktorAUS 5.52
13 Gorshkov VasiliyRUS 5.42
14 Rans Kevin BEL 5.42
Markov Dmitri AUS NM


Lots of great marks! According to the meet site, in addition to being a WL for Mensil, it is also a NR for Gibilisco and a SB for Hysong, Strogalev, and Ptacek.

And that would be a world record for short pegs, right?

Sat. Jul. 19, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET - ESPN
IAAF Golden League presented by Finish Line
Golden Gala

hopefully we'll get some coverage.

I saw the meet on CBUT on Saturday. They only showed Mesnil's 5.92 jump. Looked pretty good. Had a little height on it. CBUT seems able to show every event except for the vault. I mean I saw 20 attempts in the HJ so why not the same for PV?

And the ladies set a new WR with them - even rattled the bar good according to reports - so - looks like the IAAF will just say look see - might as well figure the pegs are here to stay - at least it is not a platform like the HJ - then it would be a real different sport - plus a real bear to put up