the latest stories tagged with 'BlankaVlasic' from ActiveKix http://activekix.com/ en-us Atweb Publishing Ltd. http://backend.userland.com/rss ActiveKix - A social bookmarking site for endurance sports. Find news on running, track and field, triathlons, cycling, mountain biking, adventure racing, swimming and sports nutrition. 30 Bansk&#225; Bystrica, Slovakia - Blanka Vlasic continued her hot high jumping at the Europa Shopping Center High Jump meeting Tuesday night in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, winning at 2.04 for her second world-leading performance in the last four days. The world champion from Osaka has surpassed the benchmark two-metre level for the third time in three competitions during this indoor season, and it marked the twelfth time that Vlasic has jumped 2.00 or higher indoors. Tonight's effort equaled the eighth-best indoor jump ever. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://activekix.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.iaaf.org%2fWIC08%2fnews%2fKind%3d2%2fnewsId%3d43122.html"><img src="http://activekix.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.iaaf.org%2fWIC08%2fnews%2fKind%3d2%2fnewsId%3d43122.html" border="0" alt="kick it on ActiveKix" /></a> http://activekix.com/trackandfield/Vlasic_building_momentum_2_04_WL_in_Banska_Bystrica http://activekix.com/trackandfield/Vlasic_building_momentum_2_04_WL_in_Banska_Bystrica Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:48:38 GMT The election of Blanka Vlasic as the Waterford Crystal European Athlete of the Year, marks a double first since the award was inaugurated in 1993. It is the first time that the award has gone to an athlete from Croatia and also the first time that a High Jumper has been honoured. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://activekix.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.european-athletics.org%2findex.php%3foption%3dcom_content%26task%3dview%26id%3d5626%26Itemid%3d2"><img src="http://activekix.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.european-athletics.org%2findex.php%3foption%3dcom_content%26task%3dview%26id%3d5626%26Itemid%3d2" border="0" alt="kick it on ActiveKix" /></a> http://activekix.com/trackandfield/23_year_old_Blanka_Vlasic_CRO_wins_the_Waterford_Crystal_European_At http://activekix.com/trackandfield/23_year_old_Blanka_Vlasic_CRO_wins_the_Waterford_Crystal_European_At Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:09:35 GMT