Silva, Drouin and Tamberi Fly High in Germany

Published by IAAF on August 2, 2015

Two German cities hosted vertical jumps competitions this weekend with Yarisley Silva producing a world-leading mark in the pole vault in Beckum and Derek Drouin winning a quality high jump competition in Eberstadt on Sunday (2).

At the International Volksbang Pole Vault Meeting in Beckum, Silva continued her recent run of good form to add six centimetres to the world-leading mark she set at the Pan American Games 10 days ago.

The Cuban needed two attempts to get over her opening height of 4.50m but soon found her groove and got over 4.60m and 4.70m at the first time of asking.

Germany’s Katharina Bauer, having already added 10 centimetres to her PB with clearances at 4.55m, 4.60m and 4.65m, finally bowed out of the competition with three failures at 4.70m.