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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 2006
Page
17
Russian Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva broke the indoor world record by clearing 16 feet 1% inches on Sunday. She also holds outdoor record of 165% set at the world championships in Finland in August.
Top seed Amelie Mauresmo defeats Mary Pierce 6 1 7 6 in an all French final at Gaz de Winner. The 2 ranking Mauresmo is coming off the Australian Open win two weeks earlier.
Jeff Burton earned the pole for the Daytona 500 with a speed of 189.151 mph at Daytona International Speedway. Jeff Gordon was runner up with 188.877 mph. Jimmie Johnson and Terry Labonte had their qualifying times disallowed after inspection, risking confiscation and additional penalties.
Iowa wrestling coach Jim Zalesky curbed his team’s slide after a 24-13 loss to Illinois, rallying the ninth ranked Hawkeyes to a 20-16 victory over No. 13 Northwestern at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa improved to 10-7, 4-4 Big Ten, with key wins from Alex Tsirtsis and Paul Bradley while Northwestern fell to 9-5, 4-3.
Michelle Kwan withdrew from the Turin Olympic team due to a groin injury ending her bid for a long sought Olympic gold. Emily Hughes replaces her on the U S squad joining Sasha Cohen and Kimmie Meissner as the Games begin February 21.
Derrick Brooks returned a 59 yard interception for a touchdown and earned MVP honors as the NFC defeated the AFC 23 17 in Honolulu. Matt Hasselbeck led a late drive stalled by a field goal and Jeremia Trotter recovered a fumbled snap to set up the decisive score.
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