USANA Australia and New Zealand are ecstatic to hear more good news coming their way from the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Steve Hooker, athlete extraordinaire jumped to fantastic heights during the Men’s Pole Vault event winning the Gold Medal ahead of England’s Steve Lewis (5.60m). Steve entered the competition with only two competitors remaining and it took him just two clearances at 5.50m and 5.60m to secure the gold medal for Australia. What a champion!
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This victory repositions Steve as the only athlete in world athletics to currently hold all five major titles – Olympic Games, World Championships, Commonwealth Games, World Indoor Championships and World Cup – a feat not yet achieved by any another Australian athlete.
Steve also holds the event record in three of the five major championships, a 5.96m Olympic record (2008), 5.80m Commonwealth Games record (2006) and 6.01m world indoor championship record (2010).His best effort of 6.06m, recorded in Boston in February 2009, sits just one position behind Sergey Bubka’s world record of 6.14m as the Australian, Commonwealth and Oceania records.
This 28 year old had his goals firmly in sight in 2010 and with his kind of determination, he has proved to be unstoppable! USANA is proud to be associated with Steve Hooker and look ahead to seeing more great things from this powerhouse athlete! Steve Hooker has been taking USANA products for 6 years: USANA Essential, Proflavanol C100, BiOmega III, Procosamine II, CoQuinone 100 and Nutrimeal and he acknowledges that USANA products have played a big role in helping him succeed.
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