I just had a look at the full results of the IAAF GP meet at Trikala, Greece, where I had earlier commented on Tsiliggiri's WPV national record for the host country and the significance of her 4.40 meters.
That second look also identifies the Trikala meet as having one of the strongest fields ever, for this event, in terms of national-record-holder entrants. Let me run that down: Pole Vault Result 1 Svetlana Feofanova RUS 16.7.80 4.70 - six times Russian outdoor record holder; twelve times indoor record holder 2 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS 3.6.82 4.60 - one time Russian indoor record holder; current world junior record holder 3 Monika Pyrek POL 11.8.80 4.60 - twenty-three times Polish outdoor record holder; fifteen times indoor record 4 Tatyana Polnova RUS 20.9.79 4.60 - six times Turkish outdoor record holder (as Tatiana Tuna Köstem) 5 Pavla Hamackova CZE 5.2.78 4.50 - three times Czech indoor record holder 5 Stacy Dragila USA 25.3.71 4.50 - thirteen times U.S. outdoor record holder; thirteen times indoor record holder 7 Yelena Belyakova RUS 7.4.76 4.40 - five times Russian indoor record holder; twice indoor record holder 7 Yvonne Buschbaum GER 14.7.80 4.40 - five times German outdoor record holder; twice indoor record holder 9 Georgia Tsiliggiri GRE 21.6.72 4.40 - eleven times Greek outdoor record holder; six times indoor record holder 10 Jillian Schwartz USA 19.9.79 4.30 10 Tania Koleva BUL 8.3.72 4.30 - nine times Bulgarian outdoor record holder; four times indoor record holder 12 Krisztina Molnar HUN 8.4.76 4.30 - six times Hungarian outdoor record holder 13 Thalia Iakovadou GRE 10.9.72 4.20 - ten times Greek outdoor record holder 14 Adig-ni Aster'ou GRE 2.11.76 4.20 14 Anna Fitidou CYP 22.4.77 4.20 - twelve times Cypriot outdoor record holder; once indoor record holder Wow. How'd you like to face that competion in a single meet in your event?
