Olympian Hooker clears 6.01 metres at Millrose Games

NEW YORK: Reigning Olympic gold medallist Steven Hooker cleared 6.01 metres here to capture the pole vault at the 02nd Millrose Games.It was the first competition since winning in Beijing for Hooker who also became the fourth man in history to vault that high indoors. He broke the previous Millrose and Madison Square Garden record of 5.87 by American Jeff Hartwig in 2002.