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Eric Pelle's preview of the men's 800
The slightly re-calculated Superfan Rankings for the most heavily-competed indoor events on the women's side...
(Bold athletes are on the provisional entry list for the World Indoor; maximum number of scored meets per athlete is in the event header)
High Jump (best five meets)
1. Blanka Vlasic, 59 pts (5 meets)
2. Yelena Slesarenko, 46 pts (5 meets)
3. Ariane Friedrich, 43.5 pts (5 meets)
4. Yekaterina Savchenko, 31 pts (5 meets)
5. Ruth Beitia, 25 pts (5 meets)
6. Tatyana Kivimagi, 23 pts (5 meets)
7. Amy Acuff, 20 pts (3 meets)
8. Vita Palamar, 20 pts (4 meets)
9. Svetlana Shkolina, 12.5 pts (5 meets)
10. Emma Green, 12 pts (4 meets)
Vlasic is about as prohibitive a favorite as there is in this meet.
Pole Vault (best 4 meets)
1. Jen Stuczynski, 40 pts (4 meets)
2. Yulia Gulubchikova, 34 pts (4 meets)
3. Jillian Schwartz, 26 pts (4 meets)
4. Yelena Isinbayeva, 24 pts (3 meets)
5. Svetlana Feofanova, 22 pts (3 meets)
6. Anastasiya Shvedova, 20 pts (4 meets)
7. Carolin Hingst, 19 pts (4 meets)
8. Monica Pyrek, 17 pts (3 meets)
9. Lacy Janson, 17 pts (4 meets)
10. Vanessa Boslak, 14 pts (3 meets)
The conventional wisdom has Isinbayeva a clear favorite; she was undefeated and set her umpteenth world record. But she has been beaten and two of her three meets have been strangely not dominant. The most consistent performer this year has been Stuczynski, and I would not be surprised if she pulled off the win.
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