[Gotham Dark Knight]

The Road to the Beijing Olympics: World Indoor Track and Field Championships. (March 10th -12th, 2006)

MEDAL TABLE (After three days of competition)
1. Russia: Gold - 8 Silver - 5 Bronze 5 = 18
2. United States: Gold - 7 Silver - 4 Bronze 2 = 13
3. Ethiopia: Gold - 2 Silver - 0 Bronze -0 = 2
Ukraine: Gold - 2 Silver -0 Bronze - 0 = 2
5. Kenya: Gold - 1 Silver - 1 Bronze - 2 = 4

MOSCOW, Russia - Brad Walker overcame an injury to win the men's pole vault and Walter Davis won his second world championships gold medal on the final day of the 11th World Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Olimpiyskiy Sport Palace Complex in Moscow.

The 2005 World Outdoor Championships silver medalist, Walker (Seattle, Wash.) fell off the pit during a practice attempt prior to Saturday's qualifying round and hit his head outside the pit. He went on to qualify for the final and won it with a clutch seasonal best clearance of 5.80 meters/19-0.50 on his third attempt at that height.

Reigning World Outdoor men's triple jump champion Walter Davis (Baton Rouge, La.) also faced a bit of an adventure on his way to the gold medal. Davis believed he scored well on his first attempt in the final and was surprised to learn that it had only been recorded as a leap of 17.42m/57-2. Davis questioned the result and during the third round the score was changed to the winning figure of 17.73m/58-2, a new personal best.

(Brad Walker shown below)

[legend]

Unfortunately there is no coverage available for major track meets anymore, which is a shame because it is actually very entertaining to me. Track is very cut and dried, who is faster, stronger, jumps farther or higher. Thanks for the information, good job.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by legend

Unfortunately there is no coverage available for major track meets anymore, which is a shame because it is actually very entertaining to me. Track is very cut and dried, who is faster, stronger, jumps farther or higher. Thanks for the information, good job.

Legend brother, that makes two of us...I remember the first Track and Field Championships in 1983 (from Helsinki)... I didn't have a VCR, so I had to get up like at 2:00 AM to catch the coverage...I remember Mary Decker-Slaney taking out the Russian Girls in the 1500meters and the 3,000 meters...and not beign able to cheer for fear of waking up my parents and my brothers...and now, we don't even get that much...sad really...