Pole vault at the Olympics

Greece's Katerina Stefanidi qualified for the women's pole vault final at the Paris Olympics on Monday after clearing 4.55 meters on her second attempt. 

The 34-year-old, who won gold at the Rio Olympics, will be joined in Wednesday's final by 23-year-old Ariadni Adamopoulou, who cleared 4.40 meters. 

Eleni-Klaoudia Polak, 27, was eliminated after failing to clear 4.20 meters.

Munich – Slovenia’s Tina Šutej won bronze in the pole vault at the European Athletics Championships on Wednesday, finishing with a height of 4.75 metres, close to her personal best of 4.76 metres in outdoor competitions.

The 33-year-old cleared all heights in the first try up until the 4.70 mark and then mustered 4.75 metres in the first attempt as well.

Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi issued on Sunday a positive reaction to the postponement of the Olympic Games to 2021, having previously been an outspoken advocate of this measure.

The International Olympic Committee is putting the health of elite athletes at risk by telling them to continue training for the Tokyo 2020 Games as the coronavirus rages, reigning Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi told Reuters on Tuesday.

"There is no postponement, no cancellation. But it (the IOC) is putting us at risk," the Greek said in an exclusive interview.

Nikol Kyriakopoulou won a bronze medal in the women's pole vault at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow Sunday, bringing Greece's final medal tally to four (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze).

Russian Anzhelika Sidorova won the event with a leap of 4.85 meters, but she competed as one of "Authorized Neutral Athletes" since Russia is officially banned.

Katerina Stefanidi and Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, the two pole vaulters who took gold and silver for Greece at the European Championships in Berlin on Thursday, have dedicated their win to all the people who suffered in last month's deadly fires in Attica.

Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi won the 6th Athens Street Pole Vault on Friday, held at Syntagma Square in central Athens, clearing 4.80 meters.

This performance was her best for the season so far, as she had only managed 4.64 m. until Friday.

Stefanidi, also the world champion, tried to break her own national record of 4.91 m. but failed three times to clear 4.92 m.