World indoor pole vault champion Svetlana Feofanova is another big name who will also be at Gateshead for the meeting.

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Turkey is also one of the few countries with which today's Russia feels comfortable, a pole in its preferred multipolar system, in which big countries pursue independent policies.

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At night the temperatures drop quickly and yesterday we were not 100% happy in the second session, but I think we made a big step today, which allowed us to fight for the pole.

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When Buddy the Elf travels from the North Pole in search of his father, he ends up in the Big Apple.

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With all three vehicles, Arianespace, the company that runs Kourou, will now be able to offer satellite operators a ride for any type of spacecraft to all kinds of orbit - from the low, pole-crossing orbits used by Earth observation missions, to the high, geostationary locations favoured by big telecommunications platforms.

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Other big names in Saturday's meet include Olympic gold medalists Brittney Reese (long jump) and Jenn Suhr (pole vault) and silver medalist Jason Richardson in the 60-meter hurdles.

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