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Hooker scales 6.01m, scares World record in New York
31.01.2009 World
Olympic Pole Vault gold medallist Steve Hooker started his American tour nicely with a 6.01m clearance at the 102nd running of the Millrose Games in New York on Friday (30) night.
Hooker, vaulting early in the meet order at Madison Square Garden, disposed of Derek Miles with a third-attempt clearance at 5.88m after both vaulters passed at 5.80m. Hooker had no misses until 5.88, but when he put the bar up to 6.01m he cleared easily on his first attempt. Then he made three solid attempts at a World Record height of 6.16m
6.01m makes Hooker the fourth-highest vaulter of all time indoors, and he not only set facility and event records but took the American all-comers record, a mark formerly held by the great Sergey Bubka.
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