Mark Athlete Nation DOB Pos Venue Date
- 5.97 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 18/09/1986 1 Helsinki 01/07/2012
- 5.92 Björn Otto GER 16/10/1977 2 Helsinki 01/07/2012
- 5.91 Malte Mohr GER 24/07/1986 1 Ingolstadt 22/06/2012
- 5.90 Brad Walker USA 21/06/1981 1 Chula Vista, CA 12/07/2012
- 5.77 Raphael Holzdeppe GER 28/09/1989 2 Bochum-Wattenscheid 17/06/2012
- 5.73 Jan Kudlicka CZE 29/04/1988 1 Kladno 30/05/2012
- 5.73 Evgeniy Lukyanenko RUS 23/01/1985 1 Krasnodar 08/06/2012
- 5.72 Steven Lewis GBR 20/05/1986 1 Walnut, CA 21/04/2012
- 5.72 Daichi Sawano JPN 16/09/1980 2 Walnut, CA 21/04/2012
- 5.72 Andrew Irwin USA 23/01/1993 1 Baton Rouge, LA 13/05/2012
- 5.72 Karsten Dilla GER 17/07/1989 2 Ostrava 25/05/2012
- 5.72 Jere Bergius FIN 04/04/1987 1 Haapajärvi 26/05/2012 Continue reading
GREAT Britain’s Steve Lewis erased the 14-year old national pole vault record in the perfect preparation for the London 2012 Olympics.
European Athletics is pleased to announce that French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie and the Ukraine’s triple jump star Olha Saladuha have been voted as the European Athletes of the Month for June.
Monaco on Friday, but the women’s pole vault was ultimately one of the most disappointing events of the evening. But for one athlete.
FOR the queen of her sport, Yelena Isinbayeva looks like a tramp as she falls asleep – lying on towels, wrapped from head to toe in a sleeping bag with another towel over her head.It is the way the Olympic and world champion deals with the boredom of watching mere mortals as they compete in the early rounds of the pole vault.She ignores them, cocoons herself in her own world at the side of the competition area, resting her mind and body until it is her turn to join the battle.Isinbayeva, 29, has 27 world records – indoors and out – so the kip-in-a-bag works. It has also made her very rich.Holly Bleasdale, 20 and from Chorley, is the new kid on Isinbayeva’s block and she takes her on tonight at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco as a final warm-up for the Olympics.“I can have her,” says Bleasdale, with a direct Lancashire response to athletics royalty. “I’ve seen Isinbayeva do that, looks like a tramp on a street corner. I do think it’s disrespectful to us. 
Russian pole vault queen Elena Isinbayeva says she’s physically and mentally ready for London 2012, despite a disappointing display at the Diamond League event on Friday.Isinbayeva missed out on the podium in Monaco after failing in all three attempts on the starting 4.70-meter mark.
Moscow: Yelena Isinbayeva, pole vault world record holder and double Olympic champion, is “tired” of the pressure of expectations and is likely to retire after the London Olympics, Russia’s athletics team head coach said.Isinbayeva set a new indoor world record of 5 metres 1 centimetre in Stockholm in February, her first record since 2009 following a spell marked by injury and poor form. But at Friday’s Diamond League meet in Monaco she was a disappointment again, failing to clear the starting height of 4.70 meters.”I think that after London she will probably finish her career,” Russia track and field athletics team head coach, Valentin Maslakov, told R-Sport. “She doesn’t suffer bad results easily.” She is not a regular athlete whose results can be ignored,” said Maslakov. “The whole country, the world community, and sponsors are watching her. This attention which is drawn to her affects the athlete too much. She is tired of it.”Isinbayeva’s challengers for the 2008 Olympic pole vault title include Britain’s Holly Bleasdale.Isinbayeva has said previously she will retire in 2013 after Moscow hosts the athletics world championships.Her world outdoor record stands at 5 meters 6 centimeters, set in 2009. 
