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30th
January 2010
Steady start
for Levern Spencer on first indoor season in
Europe
Last
weekend the regions No.1 high jumper, sensational
Levern Spencer, tasted her first indoor competition
as a professional athlete with a clearance of
1.85 metres in Hustopece, Czech Republic. This
was the same height cleared by 5 other athletes
from positions 5 to 9.
The event was won by Germany’s European
indoor champion, Ariane Friedrich with a clearance
of 1.95 metres with Russian, Svetlana Shkolina
and Iva Strakova of the Czech Republic both
clearing 1.92 metres for 2nd and 3rd place.
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Spencer, who
is on a tour of Europe, had her 2nd competition
on Tuesday 26th January again in Trinec, Czech
Republic where she again came up against some
of the best in the world and placed 5th with
a slightly improved clearance of 1.87 metres.
Tuesday’s event was won by world No.1
Blanka Vlasic of Croatia who had a clearance
of 2.01 metres, American Chaunte Howard, placed
2nd with a clearance of 1.92 metres and Kamila
Stepaniuk of Poland cleared 1.90 metres for
3rd place.
Spencer is currently in Glasgow London, where
she will have her next competiton today Saturday
30th January, where she is again expected
to face stiff competition as she comes up
against some of the world’s best.
Discuss
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