Kazan - Feofanova 4.70, Golubchikova 4.65; Lukyanenko 5.85

[BruceFlorman]

I haven't seen the full scoresheet yet, but according to... http://www.runners.ru/index.php?option= ... 0&Itemid=1

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1. ФЕОФАНОВА СВЕТЛАНА  – 4.70 - FEOFANOVA SVETLANA
2. ГОЛУБЧИКОВА ЮЛИЯ    – 4.65 - GOLUBCHIKOVA YULIA
3. ПОЛНОВА ТАТЬЯНА     – 4.60 - POLNOVA TATYANA
4. ШВЕДОВА АНАСТАСИЯ   – 4.55 - SHVEDOVA ANASTASIA
5. КИРЯШОВА АЛЕКСАНДРА – 4.40 - KIRYASHOVA ALEKSANDRA
6. ВОЛИК ВАЛЕРИЯ       – 4.40 - VOLIK VALERIA
7. КРУПСКАЯ АНАСТАСИЯ  – 4.20 - KRUPSKAYA ANASTASIA
8. БАРТНОВСКАЯ НАТАЛЬЯ – 4.00 - BARTNOVSKAYA NATALIA
9. ЕФРЕМОВА АНАСТАСИЯ  – 3.80 - EFREMOVA ANASTASIA

Isi got a free pass to Beijing based on being the reigning world champion, so I assume the rest of the team will be Feovanova & Golubchikova.

[BruceFlorman]

BTW, according to... http://www.allsport.ru/index.php?id=16279 Svetlana did make one attempt at 4.80 with the win already in the bag, but she missed and called it a day.

[BruceFlorman]

And on the men's side...

From http://www.rusathletics.com/sor/sor.php?sor_in=1325

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      Прыжок с шестом              Pole Vault
1  Евгений Лукьяненко    5.85   Evgeniy Lykyanenko
2  Дмитрий Стародубцев   5.75   Dmitriy Starodybchev
3  Игорь Павлов          5.75   Igor Pavlov
4  Павел Герасимов       5.70   Pavel Gerasimov
5  Артем Буря            5.50   Artem Burya
6  Александр Грипич      5.40   Aleksandr Gripich
7  Сергей Кучеряну       5.40   Sergey Kucheryanu
8  Игорь Алексеев        5.40   Igor Alekseev

From http://www.allsport.ru/index.php?id=16315

Evgeniy Lukyanenko, who recently cleared six meters for the first time (6.01), having already won the competition, tried to set a new Russian championship record, but all three of his attempts at 6.06 were profoundly unsuccessful.

This writer isn't much for sugar-coating his reports.

[BruceFlorman]

00:43 19.07.2008 - Athletics - Russian Championships of Light Athletics-2008
Svetlana Feofanova: I am in form, but my peak is an abstract concept
Yesterday, June 18th, on the second day of the Russian Championships of Light Athletics in Kazan, former world record holder in the women’s pole vault Svetlana Feofanova won the competition with a result of 4.70, and thus won her third trip to the Olympics. Svetlana Feofanova shared impressions from her performance with the special correspondents of the Agency of Sport Information "All Sport".

"I was a little bit nervous in the Final," admitted Svetlana Feofanova. "The wind wasn't helpful for us, to put it mildly. It would've been better to be running in the opposite direction, then the wind would be behind us. It’s interesting that before the start they asked which way the pit should be set up. We asked for downwind, but they still did it their own way. But the floodlights are here, which I was told would be lit later, though I haven't even seen them yet. I didn't even try to jump 4.80. The time expired on two attempts while I waited for the wind. I still have two more starts before the Olympics - in Monaco and London on the 25th and 29th of July. Yes, I am in form, but my peak is an abstract concept. Last year I started jumping on July 7th and finished on October 3rd. I began the season with a height of 4.71 and finished at 4.70-4.75. Where was my peak form? It came out that I spent four months jumping all at the same level."

Svetlana Feofanova also vividly described the conditions under which the athletes are living in Kazan. "Outwardly the hotel looks modern. But in my room I have no cold water, and I have no idea where to wash. And a killed cockroach is imprinted on the wall."

What a whiner.

I think she really made one attempt at 4.80 like they reported yesterday, and she's saying the other two attempts were blown off (literally).

[rainbowgirl28]

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hlL ... _wDOiv2ooA

In the men's polevault, Yevgeny Lukianenko, who registered 6.01m earlier this year, won the national title with 5.85m, 10 centimetres ahead of his closest rivals Dmitry Starodubtsev and veteran Igor Pavlov.

After winning the title Lukianenko tried to set a new Russian record but failed to clear 6.06m mark in all three attempts.

[BruceFlorman]

21:00 19.07.2008 - Athletics - Russian Championships of Light Athletics-2008
Yevgeny Lukyanenko: The Russian record – this is my plan for the overall season
Today, July 19th, the 2008 indoor world pole vault champion, Yevgeny Lukyanenko predictably won the Russian championship with a jump of 5.85, then tried to set a Russian record at 6.06. Yevgeny Lukyanenko described why this attempt failed to the special correspondents of the Agency of Sport Information "All Sport".

"Yes, despite the fact that the wind had risen, I decided to try to beat the Russian record, so why not?" asked Yevgeny Lukyanenko rhetorically. "In the end, the conditions are the same for everyone. And suppose we have the same weather at the Olympics? Today we were asked which way would be better to place the pit. All told, it's better opposite the sun, so the organizers did it that way. Therefore I was comfortable jumping and no special difficulties came up. Thankfully it didn't rain or snow (laughing). However I got tired and wasn't able to catch the wind, so on two attempts I just ran through. 6.06 and higher is my plan not only for the Russian championships, but also for the season. Whether I can break the Russian record in Beijing – we'll see, but it's likely the battle there will take place at six meters. But it's difficult to say just who will be fighting for the awards."

[achtungpv]

"why not?" asked Yevgeny Lukyanenko

exactly.

[pela2]

Full results from Kazan

Men
1 Yevgeniy Lykyanenko 5.85
(5.60/2 5.70/1 5.80/2 5.85/1 6.06/xxx)
2 Dmitriy Starodybchev 5.75
(5.40/1 5.60/2 5.70/1 5.75/2 5.80/xxx)
3 Igor Pavlov 5.75
(5.60/2 5.70/x- 5.75/1 5.85/x--)
4 Pavel Gerasimov 5.70
(5.40/1 5.50/2 5.60/1 5.70/1 5.80/xxx)
5 Artem Burya 5.50
(5.20/2 5.40/3 5.50/1 5.60/xxx)
6 Aleksandr Gripich 5.40
(5.20/1 5.40/1 5.50/xxx)
7 Sergey Kucheryanu 5.40
(5.20/2 5.40/1 5.60/xxx)
8 Igor Alekseev 5.40
(5.20/1 5.40/2 5.50/xxx)
9 Pavel Prokopenko 5.20
(5.20/1 5.40/xxx)
- Viktor Chistyakov nh
(5.50/xxx)
- Artyom Kupstyov nh
(5.40/xxx)

All over 5.40 in qualification except Alekseev 5.25.
Not qualified to the final
Yevgeniy Mikhailyenko 5.25
Artem Solopov 5.25
Nikolay Lavrinenko 5.25
Nikolay Ostapenko 5.10
Dmitriy Kuptsov nh
Dmitriy Zakharchuk dns

[pela2]

Women
1 Svetlana Feofanova 4.70
(4.40/1 4.50/1 4.60/1 4.70/2 4.80/xxx)
2 Yuliya Golubchikova 4.65
(4.30/1 4.40/1 4.50/3 4.60/2 4.65/2 4.70/x- 4.75/xx)
3 Tatyana Polnova 4.60
(4.30/1 4.40/1 4.50/1 4.60/2 4.65/xxx)
4 Anastasiya Shvedova 4.55
(4.40/2 4.55/2 4.65/xxx)
5 Aleksandra Kiryashova 4.40
(4.20/2 4.40/2 4.50/xxx)
6 Valeriya Volik 4.40
(4.00/2 4.20/2 4.40/2 4.50/xxx)
7 Anastasiya Krupskaya 4.20
(3.80/1 4.00/1 4.20/2 4.30/xxx)
8 Natalya Bartnovskaya 4.00
(3.80/1 4.00/3 4.20/xxx)
9 Anastasiya Efremova 3.80
(3.60/2 3.80/1 4.00/xxx)
- Natalya Menshinina nh
(3.60/xxx)

no qualification!