Ekaterina Stefanidi and Jenn Suhr, NBIGP Presser, photo by PhotoRun.net
Ekaterina Stefanidi is the gold medalist from Rio 2016 Olympics. Both of her parents were track athletes, and she began vaulting when she was 11. Her father suggested that she might try the event. She liked it, and continues to enjoy the pole vault.
Jenn Suhr is from a family of non-athletes. She came from Basketball, softball and then, tried the pole vault. She is the Olympic silver medalist from 2008, Olympic gold medalist from 2012 and finished in seventh, out of the medals in Rio, due to illness.
We spoke with Ekaterina and Jenn, who spoke about competition, young women in the sport, and just how high women vaulters will go!
The women’s pole vault will be held at 4:20 PM at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on Saturday, January 28, 2017.
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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