Fastest, highest, strongest: help pick the winner Nov 20, 2009
14m world record of Ukrainian Sergey Bubka, everyone expects that to be his next goal. He says it's not. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Hooker vows to better Bubka this summer Oct 30, 2009
The pole vault record is one of the most famous in track and field, being held by Ukrainian Sergey Bubka, who bettered his own mark repeatedly by advancing in one-centimetre increments - the last set at 6. 14 metres in 1994. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Isinbayeva and coach hold clinic in Shanghai Sep 23, 2009
Organized by Isinbayeva's Chinese sponsor, Li-Ning, the event offered the opportunity for Chinese pole vaulters to learn from the master coach whose many elite charges have included Sergey Bubka, who broke the world record 35 times. His current star pupil, Isinbayeva, is the world-record holder at 5. (Xinhuanet, China)
› Better than the best Sep 23, 2009
Repeatedly voted as the world's best athlete, legendary pole-vaulter Sergey Bubka won six IAAF World Championships, an Olympic gold and broke the world record 35 times. Bubka would likely have added more Olympic gold if injury and the boycott of 1984 had not interfered. (iAfrica.com)
Youth Olympics well on track, with 15 months to opening May 21, 2009
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Stars of track and field Feb 27, 2009
Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, Sergey Bubka and Michael Phelps make the list. Who do you think is the greatest athlete. (CNN -- International)
Hooker sets sights on Bubka record Feb 26, 2009
Olympic champion Steve Hooker knows how close he is to pole vault immortality - breaking the long-standing world record of the sport's undisputed king, Ukrainian Sergey Bubka. It is in Hooker's sights every time he competes and will be again in the Sydney Track Classic on Saturday night. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Hooker and the 10cm that means everything in the world Feb 14, 2009
By Hooker by crook ; the Olympic champ has his eye on the great Sergey Bubka's world record ... At the Ukraine meeting, hosted annually by world record holder Sergey Bubka, competitors are allowed to choose their own music to be blasted out of the stadium speakers as they compete. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
What they said Feb 14, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald Sport: Australian and international sports news, results: AFL, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Golf, Athens Olympics, Soccer, Tennis, Cricket, Basketball, Motorsport, Horse Racing, Rugby Heaven Skip directly to. Mark Geyer, in his inimitable way, speaks for us all on the issue of Setanta O'hAilpin's on-field assault of his Carlton teammate Cameron Cloke: "O'hAilpin has broken all the rules. He crossed that line That's as bad as it gets, kicking your teammate up the date."... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
* SPORTS BRIEFS Feb 9, 2009
06m at the Boston Indoor Games on Saturday, becoming the second-best performer all-time indoors behind Ukrainian Sergey Bubka. Hooker, who won Olympic gold with a height of 5. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Hooker reaches a height only Bubka could clear Feb 9, 2009
16m in a bid to break Sergey Bubka's world-record 6 ... 15m Sergey Bubka (UKR) Donetsk 21/02/1993. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
