Anzhelika Sidorova clears 4.86 meters in Moscow, lifetime PB!

Anzhelika Sidorova (only upside down), World Champs 2015, photo by PhotoRun.net

Sidorova 486, Morgunov 583, Menkov 808

MOSCOW (RUS, Feb 4): The traditional Russian Winter indoor meet was highlighted by excellent 486 pole vault clearance by European Champion 2014 Anzhelika Sidorova. It is overall life-time best for her. Second Angelina Krasnova 455. Good quality also in men pole vault, Timur Morgunov achieved 583, he never jumped higher in or out. Valentin Smirnov won the mile in Russian indoor record 3:56.06 ahead of Vladimir Nikitin 3:56.44. World champion Aleksandr Menkov won the long jump with good 808 and also had 807, 803 and 802 in the series. Maksim Afonin won the shot 20.40 and Danil Lysenko with 230 topped the high jump. Second Ilya Ivanyuk also 230 and third Ivan Ukhov 226. In sprints Dmitriy Lopin 6.67 at 60 m, Rudolf Verkhovykh 46.39 in the 400 m and Konstantin Shabanov 7.72 hurdles. Kristina Sivkova clocked 7.28 in women 60 m, Yekaterina Kupina 2:02.42 in the 800 m and Yelena Korobkina 4:09.25 in the 1500 m beating Aleksandra Gulyayeva 4:09.48. Irina Tarasova topped the shot 18.28.

Anzhelika Sidorova, World Champs 2015, photo by PhotoRun.net

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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.

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