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Vlasic defends home turf, Lysenko hammers 76.54 - Zagreb World Athletics Tour report
Thursday, 31 August 2006

Vlasic defends home turf, Lysenko hammers 76.54 - Zagreb World Athletics Tour report

31 August 2006 - Zagreb, Croatia – The dreamy image seen on billboards advertising the 56th Hanzekovic Memorial throughout the Croatian capital featured an unidentified women’s high jumper, and it was a high jumper that a capacity crowd of vociferous fans packed the Sportspark Mladost to see. And the country’s biggest star, Blanka Vlasic, delivered.

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