Hooker on world athlete award shortlist
The Age (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
World and Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker has been shortlisted for the male world track and field athlete of the year award.
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Jumper girl
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical² (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Allison Stokke Today's Greatest Athlete Who Ever Lived Since ... Since Nobody! “ Here’s Allison Stokke, a young, pretty athlete girl whose picture got on the internet while she was preparing to compete in the pole vault during a high school track meet. Then, it didn’t take long for her photo to be picked up and to travel through the World Wide Web. It wasn’t done on purpose...
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'Man With World's Largest Penis' said to be 'World's Biggest Pain in the Ass'!
TheSpoof.com - Spoof News (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Beijing, China - After winning the Olympic Gold medal for the pole vault last year, Bargis Tryhol is still making news! Though it's not for his vaulting abilities. The all-time Guiness Book record holder for the World's Largest Penis, has been as...
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Hooker awarded Little Athletics honour
The Age (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Olympic and world pole vault champion Steve Hooker has been inducted into the Australian Little Athletics Roll of Excellence in Sydney on Saturday.
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Grand Uncle Stagnant – The Early Years
Little Frigging In The Wold (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Whilst it is true that all the gentlemen in the village of Little Frigging do all boast a more than averagely well-filled trouser, Grand Uncle Stagnant stands well out to the forefront, compared to most of the others in the village, in his being far more than well-blessed in the gentleman’s region. Back in his heyday, Grand Uncle Stagnant was all set to become the United Kingdom’s Olympic...
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Appulo.us Newest Apps & Updates (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
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Hooker fired up by Bubka cold shoulder
The Age (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
World champion Steve Hooker admits his icy relationship with pole vaulting great Sergey Bubka has further inspired him to break the Ukrainian's world record.
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Pretty Girl Allison Stokke - A Tremendous Athlete
Land of Pics (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
One day Allison Stokke was a just a pretty high school athlete and the next she was an international Internet destination, although not by her own choice. Miss Stokke's photograph was taken during a high school track meet, where she was preparing to compete in the pole vault, and someone posted it to a web site. It didn't take long for other less reputable sites to pick up the image and set off a round...
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Amaka, Vivian should face the music
turenchi (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Tony Urhobo is one man who is no pushover when it comes to athletics in Nigeria. He is one of the few Nigerians to have gone from being an athlete to a national coach and finally President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), a position he held from 1995 to 1997.As someone who is well versed in the administration of the sport, the one time national champion in pole-vault, who handled such...
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Olympic pole-vault champ Dragila calls it a career
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Former world and Olympic champion Stacy Dragila ended her 14-year pole-vaulting career with a second-place finish at the DecaNation athletics meet in Paris on Wednesday. Dragila, 38, a graduate of Placer High School, won gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the first Games in which women competed in the pole vault. She is a two-time world champion. "It was great to be a pioneer in this sport,"...
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Ex-pole vaulting champ Dragila retires
The Age (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Former World and Olympic champion Stacy Dragila ended her 14-year pole vaulting career with a second-place finish at the DecaNation athletics meet on Wednesday.
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Dragila retires from golden pole vaulting career
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Stacy Dragila pole vaults during day 4 of the USA Track and Field National Championships on June 28 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. The Auburn native retired Wednesday after a 14-year career. PARIS -- Former World and Olympic champion Stacy Dragila has ended her 14-year pole vaulting career with a second-place finish at the DecaNation track and field meet. The 38-year-old Placer High School graduate...
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ATHLETICS - GOLDEN LEAGUE: Russian Isinbayeva betters own pole vaulting world record
France24 (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
Pole vaulting champion Yelena Isinbayeva came back from her poor Berlin performance to set a new world record of 5.06 metres at the Golden League in Zurich. The Russian bettered her previous record of 5.05 metres at the Beijing Olympics.
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Isinbayeva sets new pole vault world record
The Age (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
Russian Yelena Isinbayeva roared back to the top of the women's pole vaulting charts after her disastrous Berlin world championships campaign by setting a new world record of 5.06 metres here on Friday.
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Isinbayeva sets new pole vault world record
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
Russian Yelena Isinbayeva roared back to the top of the women's pole vaulting charts after her disastrous Berlin world championships campaign by setting a new world record of 5.06 metres here on Friday.