Feofanova vaults to glory

Feofanova was too good for her rivals

Russia's Svetlana Feofanova beat Germany's Annika Becker to win gold in the women's pole vault.

Double defending champion and reigning Olympic champion Stacy Dragila of the United States was out of the medals in fourth place.

Feofanova cleared 4.75m to equal the championship mark of Dragila from two years ago while Becker had 4.70m and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva cleared 4.65m

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Pole vault result:

1. Svetlana Feofanova (Rus) 4.75m
2. Annika Becker (Ger) 4.70m
3. Yelena Isinbayeva (Rus) 4.65m
4. Monika Pyrek (Pol) 4.55m
4. Stacy Dragila (USA) 4.55m
6. Yvonne Buschbaum (Ger) 4.50m
7. Anna Rogowska (Pol) 4.45m
8. Yelena Belyakova (Rus) 4.45m
9. Shuying Gao (Chi) 4.35m
10. Mary Sauer (USA) 4.35m