Isinbayeva Breaks WR Twice Today! by Bob Ramsak, Track Profile, Notes by Larry Eder

What a way to start a new season! At the Pole Vault Stars Meeting in Donetsk, Ukraine, Yelena Isinbayeva, broke the world record twice today, clearing 4.97m and 5.00m! Details from Bob Ramsak!

TRACK PROFILE Report #857
15-February-2009
5.00m WORLD RECORD BY ISINBAYEVA IN DONETSK
By Bob Ramsak
(c) 2009 TRACK PROFILE Report, all rights reserved
For the sixth consecutive season, Yelena Isinbayeva raised the world indoor record in the pole vault at the Pole Vault Stars Meeting in Donetsk, Ukraine.
The 26-year-old Russian did it twice this afternoon, first adding two centimeters to her previous record with a 4.97m [16-3 1/2] jump, before raising it again to 5.00m [16-4 3/4] on her second attempt.

The competition marked the 2009 indoor debut for Isinbayeva, the reigning Olympic, world and European champion. Today’s efforts were the 25th and 26th world records of her career.
At last summer’s Olympic Games, Isinbayeva raised her own world record outdoors for the second consecutive Olympic Games, clearing 5.05m [16-6 3/4].
Both photos by PhotoRun.net.
ENDS
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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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