IOANNOU - SILVER MEDAL - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Agamemnon
Cypriot athlete Kyriakos Ioannou has won the silver medal, in the men`s
high jump in the World Athletics Championships, currently underway in
Berlin, achieving the greatest success in the history of Cyprus`
track.
I felt very good, stronger, with more power, it is Yaroslavs time to
win the world championship, but I m very happy. In Osaka I won the
bronze, now the silver, keep working, said Ioannou at a press
conference in Berlin. Ioannou, as well as Russian world champion
Yaroslav Rybakov, cleared 2.32 meters, but the medals were decided on a
countback. Sylwester Bednarek of Poland and Raul Spank, also with a
2.32 jump, shared the bronze.
Ioannou cleared 2.18 m, 2.24m and 2.32m on his first attempt, while he
cleared 2.23 on his third attempt. Ioannou was born in Limassol. His
personal best jump and Cypriot national record is 2.35 metres, achieved
in the 2007 World Championships in Osaka where he won the bronze medal.
Last year he won the bronze medal in the World Indoor Championiship in
Valencia.