The main international attraction is Australian Pole Vaulter Steve Hooker who unquestionably has been "The man of the season" so far: Coming into Stockholm he has had four competitions, won all of them and attempted the World record height of 6.
I don't think I have been that close in any of the record attempts. But it has just been nice to feel what it is like to jump at a bar like that! Although Hooker has been on fire this winter the men's Pole Vault is certainly not the only — or even the strongest — World record possibility on Wednesday night.
That time was lost in a much too slow fourth lap but with Kaki having added one year of experience and with a little bit better pacing in the middle of the race Kipketer's record appears vulnerable. The same could be said about Tirunesh Dibaba's Last summer in Stockholm at the DN Galan Defar missed Dibaba's outdoor record of by just a little over a second.
However, the early pacing will be even more crucial to a successful outcome than for Kaki in the men's m. But if Defar can get help to keep up with Dibaba's ish pace for the first three kilometres she should be on target judging from the finishing strength demonstrated at m in Stuttgart one and a half week ago.
However, this doesn't mean lack of strong national interests as there are still three Swedish athletes with World Indoor Championship medals in their CV's on the start lists:.
