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Review: Eliza McCartney clears 4.94 meters, new world leader (Includes first-hand account)

4.94 meters, which she cleared on her third and final attempt, is a new world leading mark, besting American Jennifer Suhr’s previous world lead of 4.93 meters. It is also a personal best for McCartney and a new national record for New Zealand. McCartney also attempted 5.01 meters once with no success.

With this clearance, McCartney is third in the all-time women’s pole vault rankings, right behind American pole vaulter Sandi Morris (5 meters), and world record holder, Russian athlete Yelena Isinbayeva (5.06 meters).

Tomorrow, July 20, 2018, McCartney will be competing at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco, where she will face competition from such noteworthy pole vaulters as Katie Nageotte, Jennifer Suhr, 2018 World Indoor Champion Sandi Morris, Anzhelika Sidorova and 2017 World Champion and Olympic gold medalist Katerina Stefanidi.

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, McCartney claimed the bronze medal in the women’s pole vault, where she had set a then-national record of 4.80 meters.

Markos Papadatos
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Markos Papadatos is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for Music News. Papadatos is a Greek-American journalist and educator that has authored over 20,000 original articles over the past 18 years. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in music, entertainment, lifestyle, magic, and sports. He is a 16-time "Best of Long Island" winner, where for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, and 2022), he was honored as the "Best Long Island Personality" in Arts & Entertainment, an honor that has gone to Billy Joel six times.

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