Weltklasse ZH Diary: Women's PV a huge success in Zurich, and Cooly, the vaulting cow too!

Look, the Zurich train stadium is one of the busiest parts of the city of Zurich. Nearly 4,000 Swiss fans, most, I believe, who had never seen a pole vault before, were mesmerized with the fine women’s competition. The crazy cow mascot, Cooly, had them cracking up, but the likes of Ekaterina Stefanidi, Sandi Morris and Kate Nageotte had the crowd cheering and clapping for the entire competition!

A bit warm, but the competition had some serious jumps, including three strong attempts at 4.91m by Sandi Morris and Ekaterina Stefanidi! The womens’ pole vault is a perfect event to showcase in Zurich! As was said in the presser, a real Street Games feel, and it was!

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Behold the pole-vaulting cow #Cooly! ðŸ® #runjumpcud #FUNnGAMESTV #ZurichDL #WeltklasseZH @spikesmag
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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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