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The IAAF is reporting that Yelena Isinbayeva improved her own world indoor record in the pole vault to 4.95m (16-2 3/4) today at the Pole Vault Stars meet in Donetsk, Ukraine.
The 25-year-old Russian added two centimeters to the mark she set at this same competition one year ago, and it was the third consecutive year that Isinbayeva broke the world record at the competition, organized by men's pole vault world record holder Sergey Bubka.
At the Norwich Union Grand Prix in Birmingham, England, today, Kenenisa Bekele set a new world best over 2 miles clocking 8:04.35.
His performance knocked 0.34 seconds from the previous mark of 8:04.69 set by his compatriot Haile Gebrselassie in 2003 on the same track at the National Indoor Arena. Bekele, the world record holder outdoors in the 5000 and 10,000m, now owns the world record or world best indoors at 2000m, 2 miles and 5000m. Only Daniel Komen's indoor mark of 7:24.90 in the 3000m, considered the strongest of indoor world records on the track, has eluded the 25-year-old Ethiopian.
Other notable performances in Birmingham included a 7.75 victory in the women's 60m hurdles by Sweden's world record holder Susanna Kallur, her fifth win of the season in as many outings. Tyler Christopher set a Canadian record of 45.80 in the 400m in his 2008 debut over the distance and Jaysuma Saidi Ndure won the 60m in 6.56, a Norwegian national record.
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