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- pole vault at the first-ever
- outdoor track-and-field
- world championships. He
- won the world champion-
- ships in 1987, 1991, and
- 1993.
-
- Sergei was the favorite to win the Olympic
- gold medal in 1984, but the Soviet Union
- boycotted the Games, which were held in
- Los Angeles, California. He won the gold in
- 1988, but did not win any Olympic medals
- in 1992.
-
- Sergei combines a sprinterΓÇÖs speed (he
- once ran 100 meters in 10.2 seconds)
- with great acrobatic ability. No athlete
- has dominated a track-and-field event
- the way Sergei has ruled pole vaulting.
-