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IAAF Meet Preview: Aviva London Super Grand Prix

Posted July 24th, 2008 at 12:01 PM by Jesse Squire

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

The IAAF’s World Athletics Tour comes to London’s Crystal Palace for a Super Grand Prix meet on Friday and Saturday.

TV coverage: Universal Sports, 1-4 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday
Web coverage: WCSN.com, 1-4 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday (subscription required)
Note: free coverage will likely be available at BBC.co.uk; watch the comments section for details

  • Meet Website
  • Meet Schedule
  • IAAF Preview

    • Event-by-Event Previews:
    Friday’s headline event is the men’s 100 meters, where Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell will face off. Powell showed on Tuesday that he is once again a force to be reckoned with by defeating Usain Bolt, the world record holder. Will Gay be fully recovered from his injury at the Olympic Trials?
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    Pole vault showdown set for London

    Posted August 2nd, 2007 at 10:20 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

    Section: News & Results, Track & Field

    Jenn StuczynskiSix of the top 10 women pole vaulters in the world are scheduled to compete in the Norwich Union London Grand Prix meet at Crystal Palace on Friday, August 3rd, 2007 in what promises to be a preview of the world championships in Osaka next month.

    Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia, the world-record holder at 5.01m (16′ - 5 2/10″) has the world’s best jump in 2007 with a 4.91m (16′ - 1 3/10″) mark set in Paris on June 7th. She is the favorite to win, both in London and Osaka.

    American Jenn Stuczynski, back after almost 5 weeks with a back injury, has the number two mark in the world in 2007 which she posted before her injury. Having competed in her first post-injury race this week in Jockgrim, Germany, her comeback looks promising.

    At that meet, she cleared meet records of 4.46m (14′ - 7 6/10″) and 4.55m (14′ - 11 1/10″) on her first attempts “with miles to spare,” according to coach Rick Suhr, and went on to say:

    “We are certainly not where we were, and are still recovering from the injury. I was happy with these jumps into headwinds of 10-15mph, but this is not the place to push it.”

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