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MONACO: A world record jump from Russia pole vault queen Yelena
Isinbayeva and a third straight 100-m win from Asafa Powell were the
highlights of Tuesday’s Monaco Super Grand Prix meeting.
Isinbayeva set a new women’s pole vault world
best of 5.04m, the Olympic and double world champion improving her
previous world record of 5.03m set in Rome on July 11.
Her 23rd world record was established on her
third attempt to cement her standing as firm favorite for gold at
the Beijing Olympic Games next month.
After seeing the bar tremble but unlike London
on Friday remain in place Isinbayeva embarked on a lap of honor to
celebrate this latest milestone of her outstanding career.
“Honestly I wasn’t worried because I
didn’t feel that I’d touched the bar,” she said.
Looking ahead to the Olympics she added, “To
win there I think I’ll have to beat the world record again.”
Earlier, Powell won his third 100-m event inside
a week, cruising to victory with a season-best time of 9.82 seconds,
suggesting he has Beijing gold bang in his sights next month.
Powell shaved 0.06 sec off his previous
season-best of 9.88, set on Tuesday in Stockholm, where he saw off
fellow Jamaican and world record holder Usain Bolt.
-- AFP
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