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Russia's Isinbayeva raises pole vault record
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Isinbayeva cleared 16 feet, 6 inches (5.03 meters) Friday at the Golden Gala meet, improving on her previous mark of 16-5 1/4 (5.01) set at the 2005 world championships in Helsinki, Finland. (article 2)
(Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva on Friday laid to rest any doubts she 'll be able to defend her Olympic title in the women's pole vault, breaking her own world record at Rome's Golden Gala meet. (article 3)
Stuczynski, who was not in Rome, set the American mark of 4.92 metres in winning the U.S. Olympic trials. (article 3)
In other highlights, Jeremy Wariner, the reigning world and Olympic champion in the men's 400 meters, defeated LaShawn Merritt in a dramatic stretch run, outleaning his rival to win by a hundredth of a second in 44.36. (article 1)
Oscar Pistorius sliced more than a second from his time from last week in his attempt to meet the Olympic qualifying standard in the 400. (article 1)
" I was ready for a world record; my goal today was to beat the world record said Isinbayeva, who was competing in her first outdoor meet of the season. (article 1)
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Isinbayeva, Merritt, Wariner, Pistorius, record |
Source articles
- Russian Pole-Vaulter Breaks Her Own Record (nytimes.com, 07/12/2008, 463 words)
- Wariner gets revenge on Merritt (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 295 words)
- Russia's Isinbayeva raises pole vault record (cbc.ca, 07/12/2008, 245 words)
- Isinbayeva sets pole vault world record - (baltimoresun.com, 07/11/2008, 326 words)
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