Gold stolen at the height Of 4.60

One of the brightest episodes of the world athletics championship in Seville became the «struggle for the gold» in the women's pole-vault between our Anzhela Balakhonova and American Tacy Dragila. It seemed at first that the Ukrainian would easily outdo her rival. She cleared each new height easily at the first attempt, while the American had to make two or even three jumps. The serious «dialogue» continued at sky-high altitudes. To come off first, the winner had to repeat the world record of 4 m 60 cm. And only the American athlete managed to do so. Anzhela must have been deeply impressed by her rival's unexpected success. She was close to repeating this result, but the bar decided otherwise. As a result, the silver medal.

While the bronze of Oleksandr Bahach in the shot-put is not exactly an achievement (he is capable of climbing higher peaks), the same result of the Kherson-based Volodymyr Piskunov in hammer-throwing is an undoubted success. Unfortunately, although the 1997 world champion in the women's 200 m Zhanna Pintusevych has improved her sports shape, this appeared not enough to win a medal in the short distances, reports The Day's Petro MARUSENKO .