Yelena Isinbayeva, DN Galan Stockholm DL 2011, photo by PhotoRun.net

Yelena Isinbayeva showed her prowess once again in the pole vault, setting a new WR for the indoor event. Clearing 4.92m for the win and best jump of the year, Isinbayeva shot for the stars and reached them! Clearing 5.01 meters or 16 feet, five and one quarter inches, Yelena Isinbayeva set her 13th indoor world record and 28th overall. This world record was set at the XL-Galan indoor meeting early today, Thursday, February 23, 2012.

This could not come at a more perfect time for the Russian vaulter, who is to compete at the World Indoors March 9-11, in Istanbul, Turkey. We look forward to seeing her compete against Holly Bleasdale (who jumped 4.72m today), perhaps Jenn Suhr of the US and some of the other top women vaulters in the world.

It has been an interesting year for vaulting. On January 22, 2012, Holly Bleasdale of Great Britian cleared 4.87m or 15-11.25, setting a new UK
indoor record and giving her the second best indoor vault of all time. On February 4, 2012, Jenn Suhr surpassed Bleasdale with a jump of 4.88m or 16 feet, .25 inches for a new AR and the top vault of 2012.

Today, Stockholm time, Yelena Isinbayeva clears 4.92m, to take the 2012 global lead, and then, she clears 5.01m, or 16 feet, 5.25 inches for a new World record. The women’s pole vault could not be hotter right now!

Ericsson Globe Stockholm Tuesday 23 Februari 2012

Results

M 400 m A

1	Kirani James	93	Grenada	45.52	AR
2	Chris Brown	78	Bahamas	46.68
3	Johan Wissman	81	IFK Helsingborg	47.06	SB
4	Nick Ekelund	89	Denmark	47.33	PB

M 400 m B

1	Rabah Yousif	86	Sudan	46.72	SB
2	Marcell Deak Nagy	92	Hungary	47.31	SB
3	Ali Ekber Kayas	87	Turkey	47.34
4	Johan Eriksson	88	Turebergs FK	49.90

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M 800 m A

1	Mohamed Aman	94	Ethiopia	1:45.84
2	Marcin Lewandowski	87	Poland	1:46.02
3	Yuri Borzakowski	81	Russia	1:46.19
4	Joe Thomas	88	Great Britain	1:46.33
5	Adam Kszczot	89	Poland	1:47.06
6	Boaz Lalang	89	Kenya	1:47.41
7	Musaeb Balla	89	Qatar	1:47.85	PB
	Matt Scherer	83	USA	DNF

M 800 m B

1	Timothy Kitum	93	Kenya	1:46.81
2	Andrew Osagie	88	Great Britain	1:47.14
3	Andreas Bube	87	Denmark	1:47.88
4	Jackson Kivuva	89	Kenya	1:48.05
5	Karim Mohammadi	89	SpÃ¥rvÃ¤gens FK	1:50.78
6	Lotfi Chebli	88	HÃ¤sselby SK	1:50.82
7	Elmar Engholm	92	HÃ¤sselby SK	1:51.86
8	Rickard Gunnarsson	91	HÃ¤sselby SK	1:52.08
	David Takacs	86	Hungary	DNF

M 1500 m

1	Ilham Tanui Ã–zbilen	90	Turkey	3:34.88
2	Bethwell Birgen	88	Kenya	3:35.38
3	Amine Laalou	82	Morocco	3:37.03	PB
4	Aman Wote	84	Ethiopia	3:37.08
5	Yoann Kowal	87	France	3:38.51
6	Andreas Vojta	89	Austria	3:39.10
7	Hamza Driouch	94	Qatar	3:42.12
8	Nacerddine Hallil	88	HÃ¤sselby SK	3:42.21
9	Zebene Alemayehu	92	Ethiopia	3:43.52
10	Johan WalldÃ©n	87	Gefle IF	3:49.15
	Justus Koech	80	Kenya	DNF
	Ismail Kombich	85	Kenya	DNF

M 3000 m

1	Isiah Koech	93	Kenya	7:33.55
2	Dejen Gebremeskel	89	Ethiopia	7:34.14
3	Augustine Choge	87	Kenya	7:34.74
4	Caleb Ndiku	92	Kenya	7:35.42
5	Thomas Longosiwa	88	Kenya	7:37.07
6	Tariku Bekele	87	Ethiopia	7:37.96
7	Abera Kuma	90	Ethiopia	7:39.09
8	Gideon Gathimba	80	Kenya	7:39.70
9	Abiyote Abinet	87	Ethiopia	7:43.35	PB
10	Mekkonen Gebremehdin	88	Ethiopia	7:46.89
11	Teshome Dirirsa	94	Ethiopia	7:51.76
12	Adil Bouafif	78	HÃ¤sselby SK	7:54.95
13	BjÃ¶rnar Ustad Kristensen	82	Norway	8:06.82
14	Iain Donnan	85	Great Britain	8:19.40
	Remmy Ndiwa	88	Kenya	DNF
	Richard Kiplagat	84	Kenya	DNF

M 60 mh A

1	Dayron Robles	86	Cuba	7.66
2	Orlando Ortega	91	Cuba	7.68
3	Maksim Lynsha	85	Belarus	7.73
4	Emanuele Abate	85	Italy	7.75
5	Philip Nossmy	82	MalmÃ¶ AI	7.91	SB
	Xiang Liu	83	China	DQ

M 60 mh B

1	Balazs Baji	89	Hungary	7.70
2	Alexander Brorsson	90	IFK VÃ¤xjÃ¶	7.82	PB
3	Marvin Tay	90	SpÃ¥rvÃ¤gens FK	7.97
4	Juha Sonck	81	Finland	8.04
5	Martin Kallur	91	Falu IK	8.25	PB

M Long Jump

1	Michel TornÃ©us	86	Hammarby IF	7.99	SB
2	Ignisius Gaisah	83	Ghana	7.98	SB
3	Luis Filipe Meliz	79	Spain	7.98	SB
4	Tommy EvilÃ¤	80	Finland	7.89	SB
5	Morten Jensen	82	Denmark	7.72
6	Andreas Otterling	86	Ã–rebro	7.72	SB
7	Louis Tsatoumas	82	Greece	7.64
8	Mattias Sunneborn	70	SpÃ¥rvÃ¤gens FK	7.44	SB
9	J J Jegede	85	Great Britain	7.26


Tommy EvilÃ¤	7.70	X	X	7.72	7.89	X
Andreas Otterling	7.30	X	7.72	X	X	5.50
Morten Jensen	X	7.43	X	X	7.72	X
J J Jegede	7.26
Mattias Sunneborn	7.25	7.31	7.44	5.62	7.40	7.35
Luis Filipe Meliz	X	7.98	7.55	X	7.82	X
Louis Tsatoumas	X	7.57	7.64	7.50	–	–
Ignisius Gaisah	7.71	7.86	7.98	X	X	7.91
Michel TornÃ©us	7.85	X	7.93	X	7.99	X

W 60 m

1	Mariya Ryemyen	87	Ukraine	7.17	SB
2	Olesya Povh	87	Ukraine	7.20
3	Aleen Bailey	80	Jamaica	7.22
4	Yulia Balykina	84	Belarus	7.28
5	Lena Berntsson	78	Ullevi FK	7.49
	Gloria Asumnu	85	Nigeria	DQ

W 400 m A

1	Patricia Hall	82	Jamaica	51.66	PB
2	Antonina Krivoshapka	87	Russia	51.81	SB
3	Moa Hjelmer	90	SpÃ¥rvÃ¤gens FK	52.43	PB
4	Svetlana Usovich	80	Belarus	52.76	SB

W 400 m B

1	Shana Cox	85	Great Britain	53.48
2	Emily Diamond	91	Great Britain	54.08	PB
3	Josefin Magnusson	89	MalmÃ¶ AI	54.18
4	Shelayna Oskan	90	Great Britain	54.95

W 1500 m

1	Btissam Lakhouad	80	Morocco	4:07.86
2	Tizita Bogale	93	Ethiopia	4:07.88
3	Morgan Uceny	85	USA	4:08.06
4	Angelika Cichocka	88	Poland	4:08.60
5	Renata Plis	85	Poland	4:09.15
6	Helen Clitheroe	74	Great Britain	4:09.70
7	Lidia Chojecka	77	Poland	4:11.20
8	Senbere Teferi	95	Ethiopia	4:14.55
9	Anna Pierce	84	USA	4:18.91
10	Meraf Bahta	89	HÃ¤lle IF	4:24.55
	Sonja Roman	79	Slovenia	DNF
	Wiola Frankiewicz	77	Poland	DNF
	Katarzyna Broniatowska	90	Poland	DNF

W High Jump


1	Anna Chicherova	82	Russia	2.00
2	Ebba Jungmark	87	MÃ¶lndals AIK	1.94
3	Tia Hellebaut	78	Belgium	1.94
4	Emma Green Tregaro	84	Ã–rgryte IS	1.91
5	Airine Palsyte	92	Lithuania	1.88
6	Oksana Okuneva	90	Ukraine	1.88
7	Tonje Angelsen	90	Norway	1.80
8	Lesyani Mayor	89	Cuba	1.80

1.75

1.80

1.84

1.88

1.91

1.94

1.97

2.00

2.04

Tonje Angelsen

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Lesyani Mayor

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Airine Palsyte

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Oksana Okuneva

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Emma Green Tregaro

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Tia Hellebaut

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Ebba Jungmark

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Anna Chicherova

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W Pole Vault


1	Jelena Isinbajeva	82	Russia	5.01	WR
2	Holly Bleasdale	91	Great Britain	4.72
3	Yarisley Silva	87	Cuba	4.72	PB
4	Anna Rogowska	81	Poland	4.52
5	Nicole BÃ¼chler	83	Switzerland	4.52	PB
6	Daylis Caballero	88	Cuba	4.42	PB
7	Cathrine LarsÃ¥sen	86	Norway	4.22
7	Malin DahlstrÃ¶m	89	Ullevi FK	4.22
9	Minna Nikkanen	88	Finland	4.22
	Monika Pyrek	80	Poland	x

4.02

4.22

4.42

4.52

4.62

4.72

4.82

4.92

5.01

Daylis Caballero

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Cathrine LarsÃ¥sen

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Monika Pyrek

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Malin DahlstrÃ¶m

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Nicole BÃ¼chler

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Minna Nikkanen

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Yarisley Silva

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Anna Rogowska

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Holly Bleasdale

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Jelena Isinbajeva

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W Triple Jump

1	Olga Saladukha	83	Ukraine	14.79	AR PB
2	Yargeris Savigne	84	Cuba	14.47	SB
3	Yamile Aldama	72	Great Britain	14.44	SB
4	Dana Veldakova	81	Slovakia	14.04	SB
5	Marija Sestak	79	Slovenia	14.02
6	Keila Costa	83	Brazil	13.93
7	Lynn Johnson	94	Ullevi FK	13.46


Yamile Aldama	X	14.44	13.98	X	13.86	14.18
Marija Sestak	13.78	14.02	13.90	X	X	X
Dana Veldakova	14.04	X	X	13.87	13.59	X
Keila Costa	13.93	13.80	X	X	13.75	X
Lynn Johnson	13.46	X	–	13.18	13.01	13.29
Yargeris Savigne	14.47	14.41	X	X	X	13.89
Olga Saladukha	14.16	14.62	X	X	X	14.79

Author

Larry Eder

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