• Bib Name NOCCode Date of Birth SeasonBestPersonalBestQualifying
• 1758 LAVILLENIE Renaud FRA 18 SEP 1986 5.97 6.03 5.97
• 1917 OTTO Bjorn GER 16 OCT 1977 5.92 5.92 5.92
• 1915 MOHR Malte GER 24 JUL 1986 5.91 5.91 5.91
• 2833 STARODUBTSEV Dmitry RUS 3 JAN 1986 5.90 5.90 5.90
• 3259 WALKER Brad USA 21 JUN 1981 5.90 6.04 5.86
• 1904 HOLZDEPPE Raphael GER 28 SEP 1989 5.82 5.82 5.82
• 1817 LEWIS Steven GBR 20 MAY 1986 5.82 5.82 5.77
• 1980 FILIPPIDIS Konstadinos GRE 26 NOV 1986 5.75 5.75 5.75
• 1518 KUDLICKA Jan CZE 29 APR 1988 5.73 5.73 5.73
• 2817 LUKYANENKO Evgeniy RUS 23 JAN 1985 5.73 6.01 5.73  Continue reading →

• Bib Name NOC Code Date of Birth Season Best Personal Best Qualifying
• 2863 ISINBAEVA Elena RUS 3 JUN 1982 5.01 5.06 5.01
• 3318 SUHR Jennifer USA 5 FEB 1982 4.88 4.92 4.91
• 1848 BLEASDALE Holly GBR 2 NOV 1991 4.87 4.87 4.87
• 1967 SPIEGELBURG Silke GER 17 MAR 1986 4.82 4.82 4.77
• 1246 MURER Fabiana BRA 16 MAR 1981 4.77 4.85 4.85
• 1069 BOYD Alana AUS 10 MAY 1984 4.76 4.76 4.76
• 1539 PTACNIKOVA Jirina CZE 20 MAY 1986 4.72 4.72 4.72
• 1505 SILVA Yarisley CUB 1 JUN 1987 4.72 4.75 4.75
• 2698 ROGOWSKA Anna POL 21 MAY 1981 4.71 4.85 4.75
• 1773 BOSLAK Vanessa FRA 11 JUN 1982 4.70 4.70 4.70
• 2855 FEOFANOVA Svetlana RUS 16 JUL 1980 4.65 4.88 4.75
• 3298 JANSON Lacy USA 20 FEB 1983 4.65 4.66 4.65
• 1962 RYZIH Lisa GER 27 SEP 1988 4.65 4.65 4.65 Continue reading →

• Bib Name NOC Code Date of Birth Season Best Personal Best Qualifying
• 3214 EATON Ashton USA 21 JAN 1988 9039 9039 9039
• 1893 BEHRENBRUCH Pascal GER 19 JAN 1985 8558 8558 8558
• 1140 VAN ALPHEN Hans BEL 12 JAN 1982 8519 8519 8519
• 2549 SINTNICOLAAS Eelco NED 7 APR 1987 8506 8506 8506
• 1760 MAYER Kevin FRA 10 FEB 1992 8415 8415 8415
• 3220 HARDEE Trey USA 7 FEB 1984 8383 8790 8689
• 2834 SVIRIDOV Sergey RUS 20 OCT 1990 8365 8365 8365
• 1898 FREIMUTH Rico GER 14 MAR 1988 8322 8322 8322
• 3132 KASYANOV Oleksiy UKR 26 AUG 1985 8321 8479 8321
• 1482 SUAREZ Leonel CUB 1 SEP 1987 8289 8654 8501
• 1223 DE ARAUJO Luiz Alberto BRA 27 JUN 1987 8276 8276 8276
• 2778 COERTZEN Willem RSA 30 DEC 1982 8244 8244 8244
• 1910 KNOBEL Jan Felix GER 16 JAN 1989 8228 8288 8288
• 2552 VOS Ingmar NED 28 MAY 1986 8224 8224 8224 Continue reading →

France’s Vanessa Boslak has had a nightmare three years when at times she never imagined she would ever see a pole vault pit in her life again.
In 2009 her athletics life was put on temporary hold when she went under the surgeon’s knife for a knee injury.
Unfortunately, complications set in that led to her disappearance from the world of athletics and a frustrating familiarity with doctors and hospitals.
“I was going crazy,” said Boslak. “At the beginning of my injury I wanted to be operated on as soon as possible. Afterwards, I had to find a solution because the pain would not go away.”
During those three years represented by a blank in her career statistics, Boslak admits, not surprisingly, that she might “have to find something else to do”. But at the back of her mind was an equally persistent thought: “Even injured, I thought I would do what I could to get to London.”   Continue reading →

July 30 – London 2012 has started to put thousands of tickets back on sale for the Olympics in an emergency bid to fill the empty seats at venues across the Games.
In the lead-up to the Olympics, London 2012 claimed there would be no empty seats at the venues as they were overwhelmed with ticket requests but the sight of whole sections of gaps in the stands has angered the thousands of fans who missed out on tickets.
The non-attendance of accredited “Games Family” – including sports officials and media – has largely been blamed for the empty seats but London 2012 have said that international federations have started giving tickets back to sell to the public.
“We talked to the international federations yesterday,” said the London 2012 director of communications and public affairs Jackie Brock-Doyle at a press conference here.
“We were able to put back into the pot for sale around 3,000 tickets last night; they have all been sold.  more

 A group of athletes have launched an online protest against a rule preventing them from thanking their sponsors via social networking sites.Dozens of track and field athletes have hit out at Rule 40 – one of a string of strict guidelines set down by organisers to protect the Games from “ambush marketing” and ensure only official sponsors can be named.Athletes who break the rule can be fined, have their accreditation removed and even be disqualified.The online revolt gained traction among the cream of US track and field athletes, who do not receive government grants toward their training and rely on income from sponsors, prize money and part-time jobs.Half of the country’s top ten athletes earn less than $15,000 a year from sport. Today, the #wedemandchange hashtag was trending on Twitter on both sides of the Atlantic.This is the first time the so-called brand police – whose activities include banning a Dorset butcher’s sign of the Olympic rings made from sausages – have reached into the heart of the Olympic Village.  more

LONDON—The Olympic cauldron has a new spot in the main stadium, although it still won’t be visible to the public.Organizers said in a statement Monday the cauldron was shifted from the middle of the stadium infield to an area near the bell at the opening ceremony bell. The switch is necessary to prepare for track and field competition, which begins Friday.To make the transition, the Olympic flame was taken from the cauldron and placed in a lantern while the cauldron was moved to the south end of the stadium.The cauldron was reignited Monday morning by Austin Playfoot, a torchbearer at the 1948 and 2012 London Olympics   more