JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================gK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?Zͪj1Z%l"Ienf0 !?>U ha[ms&u 2Kf!h ##QM]j!i(W2TIfR[Eg`=Mff- -vrk*\#ttap^?bvJT/B- u֚z])b6q(yq*W6=`y#$i+I涱M y[,pWV)<VN' y#گ2a5*N=Qkrn'0#vUh.v?3c.-\|_As]ǟ 1aM+VNpi2#rw U眱*[\cv# Fk)*v[{Q65 _M s(~VxKX#yTadLٮTd kt6O"f\IY%T)rZg;JH ю+i=- rS]5Ys#*=kEgm2j9*)MG1aϖ3+iqoE'ߥgٶKpGrk0*4`~~1\U3:.TF2͎I5|@#'c=NsZ>|Lyj+X%*u݊RcpH:TUAP涧&vsbaUqXiw¨4Ö:Ta ԏZ1\L7sRABBqqV+=M2D'=)FVn}Bg$OUΆxdJOiKoesmгf$6TRyǽ˞X[h֟2Ϯ(S/B:,r,$`| :Ybъ++ I>IJi)@X)Wmh:A 0ߜ{rj_{>$7oZZ=kRnnHm,gЖ+:L)kc~R$p=)_x~1HsNzVlz/#- B0ӡRjJޤWi&}♏JYLOzd3B]B8hsmc͜QZ<髳}{[E&N +H4_/j݉D)޻ClE?8渴y]ídiOPz\tFZ-9uq[߳0Lc Ѫiw6ZC'+`8aAayn)5.O[4n{־6qL$}9+$LmƯՕ n2@Lt5YN2OpQqkw |[Y};L,-YkV_hQ`!@W RkSd"IʵITpHZ-Mmg K1EF|nZXM'Ї-bdڰ?TQYR4SnOlK<0El7;h2ltB.[nI? ?aQDBMthat opened very wide in this past summer s games was women s pole vaulting.<br><br>Raising the Bar<br><br>Getting the women s pole vault event into this summer s Olympics was a feat unto itself, but it was still left to the competitors to prove it worthy of Olympic recognition. California s Stacy Dragila, pitted against Australia s own Tatiana Grigorieva, were the kindling that lit the bonfire. There was blatant bravado in their performances, the same spirit that has made the women s vault such a high-demand event in recent years.<br> The pole vault has always been the dare-devil sport of track and field, says Decathlete record holder Dan O Brien.  It takes guts and gives  no fear a new definition. <br>At the summer Olympics, women held nothing back. In the end, Dragila vaulted 15 feet 1 inch to Grigorieva s 14-11. But the Gold was not Dragila s until after Grigorieva passed on trying to match her, and attempted to vault 15-3. This would have topped the world record of 15-2 1/4 Dragila had set in the U.S. Olympic Trials in Sacramento in July. Grigorieva went after the record twice, but failed each time, leaving Dra