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Jenn Suhr Sets the World Record, Ruins the Curve

Jenn Suhr Sets the World Record, Ruins the Curve

Mar 6, 2013 by Mitch Kastoff
Jenn Suhr Sets the World Record, Ruins the Curve
Jenn Suhr Sets the World Record, Ruins the Curve

At the U.S. Indoor Championships, Jenn Suhr was perfect. The Olympic gold medalist came in at 15-3 (4.65m) and was had no misses through her world record vault of 16-5.5 (5.02m).



She then attempted to clear the highest outdoor vault of 16-7.5 (5.07m), but failed three times. Nevertheless, the indoor world record now belonged to Suhr.

When it comes to the pole vault, we’re more accustomed to Yelena Isinbayeva’s incremental world record marks. The “Queen of the Vault” has set the last nineteen outdoor world record marks and owns fourteen of the top twenty final marks indoors.
Result P.A. Pos. Athlete Birth Cnt. Type Pl. Venue Date R.S. Rec.
5.02 1. 1. Jennifer SUHR 82 USA F 1. Albuquerque (USA) 02.03.2013 1261 WR, AR
5.01 2. 2. Yelena ISINBAYEVA 82 RUS F 1. Stockholm (SWE) 23.02.2012 1258 AR
5.00 - 3. Yelena ISINBAYEVA 82 RUS F 1. Donetsk (UKR) 15.02.2009 1255
4.95 - 4. Yelena ISINBAYEVA 82 RUS F 1. Donetsk (UKR) 16.02.2008 1239
4.93 - 5. Yelena ISINBAYEVA 82 RUS F 1. Donetsk (UKR) 10.02.2007 1233
4.91 - 6. Yelena ISINBAYEVA 82 RUS F 1. Donetsk (UKR) 12.02.2006 1227
4.90 - 7. Yelena ISINBAYEVA 82 RUS F 1. Madrid (ESP) 06.03.2005 1223
4.90 - 7. Yelena ISINBAYEVA 82 RUS F 1. Praha (CZE) 26.02.2009 1223
4.89 - 9. Yelena ISINBAYEVA 82 RUS F 1. Liévin (FRA) 26.02.2005 1220
4.88 - 10. Yelena ISINBAYEVA 82 RUS F 1. Birmingham (GBR) 18.02.2005 1217
4.88 - 10. Jennifer SUHR 82 USA F 1. Boston (USA) 04.02.2012 1217
4.87 - 12. Yelena ISINBAYEVA 82 RUS F 1. Donetsk (UKR) 12.02.2005 1214
4.87 3. 12. Holly BLEASDALE 91 GBR F1 1. Villeurbanne (FRA) 20.01.2012 1214
4.86 - 14. Yelena ISINBAYEVA 82 RUS F 1. Budapest (HUN) 06.03.2004 1211
4.86 - 14. Jennifer SUHR 82 USA F 1. Albuquerque (USA) 27.02.2011 1211
4.85 4. 16. Svetlana FEOFANOVA 80 RUS F 1. Peania (GRE) 22.02.2004 1208
4.85 - 16. Yelena ISINBAYEVA 82 RUS F 1. Moskva (RUS) 07.02.2010 1208
4.85 - 16. Yelena ISINBAYEVA 82 RUS F 1. Donetsk (UKR) 06.03.2010 1208
4.85 - 16. Yelena ISINBAYEVA 82 RUS F 1. Donetsk (UKR) 12.02.2011 1208
4.85 4. 16. Anna ROGOWSKA 81 POL F 1. Paris (FRA) 06.03.2011 1208


Suhr has been incremental in her development as well. In the last three years, she’s set a personal best indoors for the vault (no mark in 2010).

2009 - 4.83m
2011 - 4.86m
2012 - 4.88m
2013 - 5.02m

The difference is that Suhr completely skipped over the 4.9x height and right into the five meter range. Even when she set a personal best last month in Boston, it was still 4.88m. How’d she make the jump?

"I was in a groove tonight," Suhr told reporters. You can say that.

This is also troubling for Isinbayeva. Not only has she not competed this indoor season, but she was denied a third consecutive Olympic gold medal this summer and had to settle for bronze.

The "Queen" may be on the decline and it comes at a very inopportune time. This summer’s World Championships will be in Moscow and the home crowd will surely be looking for Isinbayeva to return to her world record form.

Not if Suhr has anything to say about that.

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