THE great man has spoken. Sergey Bubka, the undisputed king of the pole vault, has declared that Australia’s Steve Hooker has what it takes to break the world record of 6.15m he set in his Ukraine homeland in 1993. Speaking from Donetsk, where he honed the vaulting skills that saw him rule the event from [...]

Here is some excellent coverage of the Men’s Pole Vault at the Reebok Indoor Games ’09. As all pole vaulters know by now, Steve Hooker took some pretty good attempts at surpassing Sergei Bubka’s long standing 6.15m world record. Also competing were Derek Miles, Darren Niedermeyer, Giovanni Lannaro, Paul Burgess, Tim Mack.