Always have time for Stacy Dragila! Stacy will be ambassador for World Indoors Birmingham 2018!

Stacy Dragila, Millrose 2009, photo by PhotoRun.net

BIRMINGHAM (GBR): Stacy Dragila,the 2000 Olympic pole vault champion, will be an ambassador for the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham on March 1-4, the American announced on Instagram. She will make appearances at UK schools for two weeks as part her role.

RunBlogRun opines:: I love this woman. Stacy Dragila was the original pole vault goddess. She reinvented the event, and her pole vault wars were amazing with Isinbayeva, Stevanova, my gosh! One of my last times on NPR, just before I began doing some call ins with BBC, was about this magnifiscent woman. Stacy Dragila was an amazing athlete and even did a decathlon. And what fun was she to interview, great quotes and she knew the power of the media to build an event. Like the women’s pole vault now? Stacy Dragila dealt with some of the women track haters in her day. She did it with class and style.

That World Indoor Birmingham is using her as an ambassador is awesome!

STICK JUMPING ACROSS THE POND!! Proud to announce I have been asked to serve as an IAAF Ambassador March 2-4 for @wicbirmingham2018 🤗. Which means….My Stick Jumping Team is packing our Sticks and will be in UK schools for 2 weeks introducing British youth to the joys of flying on bamboo and meeting the World’s greatest vaulters (and ambassadors in their own right!!)… with help & support from @westlondontrackfield @englandathletics @wicbirmingham2018 @iaaforg @daleysacademy @VaultSafe @ucs_spirit @sandicheekspv @samkendricks @hollypv #StickJumpingUK #bhamcitycouncil

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