Polish Championships: Pyrek 4.70 Rogowska 4.40

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Pyrek 4.70
Rogowska 4.40
Piwowarska 4.20

and those girls going to Olympics.

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Another Pole Vault title for Pyrek (4.70m); Noga PB’s with 13.47sec – Polish Champs

Monika Pyrek at the 2008 Polish Champs (Marek Biczyk)
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The Polish national championships, which took place in Szczecin from Friday 4 to Sunday 6 July, were the last event before the nomination of the Olympic team. For many athletes it was the last chance to obtain the A qualifying standards asked by the selectors. The only athlete using this chance to the full was world junior champion in the 110m Hurdles Artur Noga, who improved his PB from 13.59 to 13.47 in the Sunday’s final.

Nonetheless, the competition featured some interesting matchups and good performances, primarily in the sprints and throws. The best result of the meet, however, was once again achieved by Monika Pyrek, who won the pole vault with 4.70.

Pyrek without real challenge

The expected highlight of day two was the duel between Monika Pyrek and Anna Rogowska in the Pole Vault. This time, however, this competition was somewhat disappointing from competitive point of view. Both favourites entered the competition at 4.40 and cleared it easily enough, although Rogowska needed two attempts.

At 4.50 however, things changed as only Pyrek was able to go clear. Rogowska failed once and passed her remaining attempts to 4.60, but again did not manage to go clear. With only one clearance in the competition, she thus had to settle for silver.

Meanwhile Pyrek, evidently enjoying competing in her home city, had two more first-time clearances at 4.60 and 4.70. Certain of her ninth national title, she failed three times at 4.80.