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It's 10 days before the Diamond League final in Brussels and Shawn Barber is rhyming off his to-do list: Increase runway speed, gain more jump on the takeoff and fine tune elsewhere. "The only constant in pole vaulting is making adjustments as the season goes," he says. "You have to make sure the changes are […]
Canada's Shawn Barber cleared 5.60 metres to finish fourth in the pole vault at the Rabat Diamond League meet on Friday. Barber, who won the world championships in 2015, is coming off a Canadian championship victory last weekend in Ottawa that saw him set a meet record. American Sam Kendricks cleared 5.86 to win. Earlier […]
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– After 40-plus years in the business of grooming the skills of drivers and racers around the country, Skip Barber Racing School filed for bankruptcy in May. Now we’ve learned that the school’s assets will be auctioned off over a three-month period starting August 29 in Braselton, Georgia. – The auction was announced by Liquid Asset […]
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Consistency, which has plagued Canadian pole vaulter Shawn Barber throughout the season, was a problem again in Tuesday’s men’s final at the track and field world championships. The 23-year-old Toronto resident failed to defend his 2015 world title (5.90 metres) and finished eighth after missing all three attempts at 5.75 at London Stadium. Barber cleared […]
Canada’s Shawn Barber will get the chance to defend his world pole vault title after advancing to the final on Sunday at the IAAF track and field world championships in London. Barber’s successful attempt at 5.70 metres sealed his spot in the final. Defending world champ Shawn Barber advances to pole vault final in London0:31 […]
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In a few months, Shawn Barber might look back at a weekend in Paris that turned around his pole vault season. Battling a swirling wind, the 23-year-old from Toronto cleared 5.62 metres to finish third at last Saturday’s Diamond League meet. While the result fell shy of his season-best 5.71 and personal best of 5.93, […]
Tom Barber was voted into the Big Brother house by a public vote as ‘The People’s Housemate’, but he’s already fallen out of favour with the audience at home. After viewers blasted the Swansea nightclub owner when he banished half of his housemates to exile in a disappointing new twist last night, it’s since been […]
