Only three women in history have jumped higher than US pole vault star Demi Payne. We chat to the 4.90m vaulter on some first things that hold genuine significance to her.
Even though world indoor record-holder Jenn Suhr was absent, history was made at the Millrose Games in New York as two pole vaulters cleared 4.90m in the same competition with Ekaterini Stefanidi and Demi Payne both going over that height on Saturday (20).
If 2014 was the year of the high jump and 2015 the year of the triple jump, 2016 could turn out to be the year of the pole vault.
Just two days into the NCAA Championships in Eugene, meeting records have been broken in two events while several others have withstood strong challenges.
Casimir Loxsom was the star of the show on the final day of the USATF National Indoor Championships in Boston on Sunday (28) as the 23-year-old blitzed his way to a US indoor record of 1:15.33 with a gun-to-tape win in the 600m.