Novi Sad, Thursday February 22nd, 2007

     Novi Sad celebrated a feast of high jump tonight. The message of citizens of Novi Sad to participants of the 3rd Eurotop was very clearly stated: “We are ready to jump.”

     Novi Sad audience had the opportunity to see ten contestants coming from three continents (Europe, Asia and North America) i.e. eight countries (Cuba, Canada, Israel, Russia, Italy, Finland, Slovenia and Serbia) fighting the battle for the new meeting record of 232 cm. Although they failed in that intention, expectations of approximately 4000 spectators in the Great Hall of SPC “Vojvodina” were nevertheless fulfilled.

     The winner of the 3rd Eurotop, Victor Moya from Cuba, finally beat Oscari Frossen from Finland, clearing the bar at 228 and entering the 4-5 place of the eternal list of EUROTOP.

     At the first two Eurotop meetings better results were acquired by Nicola Ciotti (Italy), owner of the meeting record of 231 cm, than the winner of the 1st Eurotop Dragutin Topic (Serbia), and the holder of the second place at the same event, Pavel Fomenko (Russia) with 230 cm. Current competition best result of 228 cm was last year acquired by Kyriakos Ioannou from Cyprus.

     The 3rd place at today’s event required the height of 227 cm; that was acquired by Viacheslav Voronin (Russia), while the same result brought the 4th place to Marc Bosswell (Canada).

     Contestant from Serbia, Branko Đuričić, acquired the best result of this season of 220 cm that at the same time represents his personal record, also being the only contestant that participated at all three Eurotop competitions.

     Attachment to this article contains the results PDF(108 KB), as well as an eternal list PDF(73 KB) of all Eurotop participants.

     At the previously organized Open Competition of Vojvodina, the overall number of participants from Serbia in all age categories was 52. We have to single out the winner, Miloš Petrović, junior and the member of our Club. The results of this competition can also be found in the attachment to this article PDF(132 KB))

Niš, Sunday January 28th, 2007

     Niš Marathon, the first official competition in this year's season, was held on Sunday, January 28th, 2007. Zoran Marković, athlete from our Club, shone among veterans in Niš, winning the 1st place with the result of 2:50:18. Besides Zoran, AC “Vojvodina” was represented by Drago Boroja, also a veteran, who mastered 42 kilometers within 3 hours and 30 minutes.

Moscow, February the 14th, 2007

     Russian winter rules in Moscow area where temperatures fall down to – 20 below 0. Right there, many years ago, French emperor Napoleon experienced one of the greatest defeats in history (in the battle of Borodin), that has latter been justified by famous Russian winter. Au contrary to Napoleon’s army, this winter our young athletes win battles against their coevals from former Soviet republics.

     Members of our little colony in IAAF development center train and compete extensively, providing us with some good news that raises content. The first information form Moscow came as a question asked by Ivica Možek: “What do you think about 6.53?” and the answer to it was: “Well that’s the new record in long jump!” So Ivana Španović is the one responsible for our good mood.

     On Wednesday, February 14th, 2007 at the memorial competition dedicated to famous Russian and Soviet athletes Diachkov and Ozolin, our most prospective female athlete Ivana Španović was acclaimed to be the best contestant. As a memory of this success she was presented a sculpture of Nike, Greek goddess of victory.

     Ivana obtained the best result of her career, representing senior, elder junior and younger junior Serbian record. Besides that, this is currently the best world result in elder junior and younger junior categories, ensuring Ivana the 17th place on world senior’s list, being the qualifying result for European Indoor Championship that is to be held from March 2nd till March 4th 2007 in Birmingham, GB.

     Besides the record jump of 6.53 in the 5th series, Ivana jumped 6.52 in the 3rd series, obtaining the result that also represents a record (her previous personal record of 6.48 was obtained on February 5th, 2006 in Budapest).

     The series she showed this time is worthy of the greatest world champions and up to now the best in her career (see the attachment PDF(120 KB)).

     The attachment of this text contains complete results PDF(216 KB), as well as several photos of Ivana taken in Moscow and earlier during this winter season.

Novi Sad, February 13th, 2007

     On Saturday, February 13th, 2007 a high jumpers meeting was held at Novi Sad Fair. Organized by Serbian Athletic Federation and AC “Vojvodina”, Novi Sad Fair welcomed 30 male and female high jumpers from Belgrade, Kragujevac, Požarevac, Sr. Mitrovica i Novi Sad. The winner in the absolute category was Branko Đuričić, member of AC “Radnički” from Kragujevac, who cleared 205 cm. The best result in female absolute category of 175 cm was acquired by Dunja Spajić, member of AC “Sirmium” from Sremska Mitrovica. Attachment to this article contains the complete list of results PDF(123 KB)

Novi Sad, February 7th, 2007

     AC “Vojvodina” and a team of organizers of the 3rd Eurotop make extensive preparations for this attractive competition that will be held on February 22nd this year.

     One of the preliminary competitions will be held on Saturday, February 10th, 2007, beginning at 1:00 P.M. at SC “Sajmište”. These competitions coincidently represent the qualifications for participation in school program of the 3rd Eurotop. The main idea of the organizers is to bring more than hundred participants at the final round of this prestigious competition.

     This notification also represents an invitation to all high jumpers in Serbia, club members of all ages, younger pioneers to seniors, as well as to all students from Novi Sad territory (7-19 years of age). Registration of contestants will be held an hour before the beginning of competition, at the referees’ table.

Novi Sad, February 7th, 2007

     Ivana Španović is currently at the IAAF Development Center in Moscow, accompanied by sisters Mila and Adriana Andrić and their coaches Jani Hajdu and Mirjana Stojanović. Their staying is a part of two weeks preparations (February 5th – February 19th). Our young athletes will also participate at three competitions organized during their staying in Moscow. Their preparations were made possible by the courtesy of Moscow Development Center Director and free airplane tickets provided by JAT.

     Realization of this project represents one of the last actions of Professional Headquarters of the junior national team, led by selector Ivica Možek. During the preparation of this article we got the information concerning the first competition held in Moscow on February 7th, 2007.

     Ivana Španović set her best result of the indoor season of 6.31 m, sufficient for winning the first place. Complete bulletin is issued at the IAAF Web site and can be downloaded from the attachment of this text.