1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's Pole Vault
The women's pole vault event at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5. Results ReferencesResults {{DEFAULTSORT:1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Women's pole vault Pole Pole may refer to: Astronomy *Celestial pole, the projection of the planet Earth's axis of rotation onto the celestial sphere; also applies to the axis of rotation of other planets *Pole star, a visible star that is approximately aligned with the ... Pole vault at the World Athletics Indoor Championships 1999 in women's athletics ...
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1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 7th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the Green Dome Maebashi stadium in Maebashi, Japan from March 5 to March 7, 1999. It was the first time the Championships were staged outside Europe or North America. Primo Nebiolo, president of the IAAF, characterized the championships as "the greatest ever". There were a total number of 487 participating athletes from 115 countries. Doping disqualifications Four medalists were disqualified for doping; Rostislav Dimitrov of Bulgaria was stripped of the triple jump silver, Inger Miller of the USA was stripped of the 60 metre bronze, Vita Pavlysh of Ukraine was stripped of the shot put gold and Irina Korzhanenko of Russia was stripped of the shot put silver. Results Men 1 Rostislav Dimitrov of Bulgaria originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified for doping. Women *American sprinter Inger Miller won the bronze but failed a post-race drug test (excessive caffeine) and was stripped of the medal.Morfey ...
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