Yelena Isinbayeva Olympic News

Blackburn Harriers ace Holly Bleasdale bids to defend UK pole vault title
Lancashire Telegraph
She topped the world rankings in January after breaking her own UK record with a jump of 4.87m in France and, on Wednesday, was edged out on countback by world indoor record holder Yelena Isinbayeva in Poland. Defending her British title, Bleasdale is ...

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1968 — Jean-Claude Killy of France wins the men's giant slalom in the Winter Olympics at Grenoble, his second gold medal en route to the Alpine triple crown. 1972 — The Soviet Union ice hockey team wins the gold medal with a 5-2 victory over ...

Pole vaulter Bleasdale matches Olympic champion Isinbayeva
Insidethegames.biz
By Mike Rowbottom February 9 - British pole vaulter Holly Bleasdale (pictured) cleared the same height as Russia's Olympic champion and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva in Bydgoszcz, 4.68 metres, but missed out on a victory in the Pedro Cup event ...

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Evening Standard
Jessica Ennis's back and looking to rule the world
Evening Standard
And this weekend will give the pair an indication of her form and fitness going into Olympic year. Tomorrow, the world championship silver medallist will compete in the shot put and high jump before lining up for the 60metres hurdles and long jump the ...
10 to watch at the UK Indoor ChampionshipsAthletics Weekly

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London Eye: She's buddies with Bolt but this golden girl revels in anonymity
The Independent
The rising young British pole vaulter Holly Bleasdale matched Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva height for height at the Pedro Cup meeting at Bydgoszcz in Poland on Wednesday. Both women cleared 4.68m but Isinbayeva did so at the second attempt, ...

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International Association of Athletics Foundation
Isinbayeva edges Bleasdale on countback in Bydgoszcz
International Association of Athletics Foundation
The women's vault ended with a victory for the meet's top star Yelena Isinbayeva, although both she and Briton Holly Bleasdale cleared the same height of 4.68m. The women's Pole Vault was firmly expected to be the highlight of the evening, ...
Bleasdale craves rivalry with 'best'Lancashire Telegraph

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The Sun
TERROR ... Shanaze Reade
The Sun
Bleasdale faces world-record holder Yelena Isinbayeva tonight in Poland. By MARK IRWIN LONDON 2012 hopeful Shanaze Reade came within inches of death after an horrendous motorway shunt this week. Britain's gold medal prospect in BMX cycling was left ...

Blackburn Harrier pole vault star Bleasdale comes second to Isinbayeva
Lancashire Telegraph
By Gary York » BLACKBURN Harriers pole vault star Holly Bleasdale went head to head against Yelena Isinbayeva for the first time this year – but just missed out on toppling the Russian legend. Both Bleasdale and current Olympic champion Isinbayeva ...

Blackburn Harrier pole vault star Bleasdale is ready for Isinbayeva
Lancashire Telegraph
... to take on the biggest rival in her sport - Russian great Yelena Isinbayeva - in Poland this afternoon. The 20-year-old Bleasdale, the new number one in women's pole vaulting, is among the favourites to clinch a medal at this year's Olympic Games.

Legend Bubka backs Bleasdale
Lancashire Telegraph
That put the 20-year-old from Euxton second in the all-time indoor rankings, behind female world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva, and Bubka has seen enough to believe that Bleasdale can do well at this summer's Olympic Games. “I saw Holly Bleasdale's ...

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Spiked Up Psyched Up
Four Takeaways From The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
Spiked Up Psyched Up
... medal at the 2008 Olympics, Jenn Suhr looks to be back on her game clearing an American record of 4.88 meters, 16 feet even. The clearance put her in an elite category as just the second woman behind Yelena Isinbayeva to clear 16 feet indoors.

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Analysis and takeaways from New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
Universal Sports (blog)
Meseret Defar, the only Ethiopian woman to medal in a distance event in Daegu, seems determined to prevent a repeat of that occurrence again this summer at the London Olympics. "I don't think the dominance of Kenya will happen again this year," Defar ...

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Chambers stays in running as he waits for ruling
The Independent
Still, as he awaits the Court of Arbitration for Sport's definitive ruling on the British Olympic Association's lifetime ban on doping offenders – due to be announced before the end of April – the world indoor 60 metres champion is up and running in ...

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Mo Farah falls in Boston mile
Times of India
Olympic silver medallist Jenn Suhr soared a US record 4.88 metres in the women's pole vault, then made one attempt at a world indoors record 5.01 metres before retiring. Only Russian Yelena Isinbayeva, whose record is 5.00 metres, has ever jumped ...

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AFP
James' 400m win launches Olympic season
AFP
That was an American indoor record and put her second on the world all-time indoor list behind reigning two-time Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia. Ciaran O'Lionaird of Ireland turned the tables on a strong international field to win the ...

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Sporting Alert (blog)
Yelena Isinbayeva v Holly Bleasdale at Pedro's Cup
Sporting Alert (blog)
BY Gary Smith, Track and Field Contributor (Sporting Alert) — Russia's world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva will take on Great Britain's Holly Bleasdale in the women's Pole Vault at the Pedro's Cup in Bydgoszcz on February 8.

Mancunian Matters
Wigan pole vaulter catapults herself to number one but remains modest ahead of ...
Mancunian Matters
The 4.87m vault Holly achieved in her last meet is the second highest jump by a woman and only current Olympic champion and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva (5.00m) has gone higher indoors. But despite the expectation of being ranked number one ...

Olympic news you missed this week...
The Independent
In Boston, Mo Farah runs in an indoor mile race. Sunday Dwain Chambers has his first outing of 2012: the 60m at the Russian Winter Meeting in Moscow. Thursday Pole-vaulter Holly Bleasdale meets Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva at Bydgoszcz in Poland.

Eurosport.com AU
Bleasdale aims to put down marker
Eurosport.com AU
Pole vaulter Bleasdale moved to second on the all-time list, behind world indoor record holder Yelena Isinbayeva, when she soared over 4.87 metre in France last month. It was a stunning feat that immediately established her as the frontrunner for next ...

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More Than The Games
Pole vaulter Bleasdale setting her sights higher and higher
More Than The Games
Pole vaulter Bleasdale moved to second on the all-time list, behind world indoor record holder Yelena Isinbayeva, when she soared over 4.87 metre in France last month. It was a stunning feat that immediately established her as the frontrunner for next ...

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