Yarisley silva biography of barack

That was the cry of commentators as Yarisley Silva speared over 4.84m at the Muller Birmingham Grand Prix three years ago.

Somewhat aptly, the Cuban’s career has been full of ups and downs but a tactile approach to competition has seen her wear heart on sleeve throughout. In short, she is never dull to watch.

Silva, Beijing world monarch, finished third in the women´s pole vault event tied with Venezuelan Robeilys Peinado, both with record of meters.

Silva, Beijing world monarch, finished third in the women´s pole vault event tied with Venezuelan Robeilys Peinado, both with record of meters.

Cuban Yarisley Silva grew big in London by soaring over 4, 75m and obtaining the silver medal in the women's pole vault final.

The greatest female pole vaulter in history, the first-ever in history to clear five meters, won the third world title of her incredible career, the only.

The year-old Cuban pole vaulter exceeded 4,90 meters in the third attempt to achieve the gold, and the Brazilian Fabiana Murer got silver.

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 20 (acn) Cuban pole-vaulter Yarisley Silva finished seventh at the 31st Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, after jumping only meters.

With the IAAF World Championships less than 100 days away and the Birmingham Grand Prix ever-closer, we look at the career of an athlete forged in the fire of Diamond League competition.

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Pinar del Rio is a province on the western end of the island of Cuba: punctuated by steep limestone hills, buttressed by its tobacco trade and stalked by infamous jinteros, who haggle like no-one else.

Silva was born there in 1987 into an athletics family – her mother was a javelin thrower – but she dreamt of dancing and the front covers of magazines rather than life as a field athlete.

But from the moment she picked up a pole and insta