I have bought pole vault equipment, the landing areas, posts, which costs a lot of money. We pay for coaches.

The pole vault is a very complicated event, there are many things involved.

Ali is so taken by the pole vault that I had to go get her for the hurdles.

I began with track and field because this is what I know.

And, of course, method is very important as is a high-quality specialist (trainer) working with you to keep you going in the right direction for your improvement and to help create results.

We would like to have the normal procedures as at previous games. We hope and expect everything will be agreed before Turin.