JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================pK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?j( ׵+p\;Ċ 2z:֥s0涵1>I \JNE]xS[^*LHw',jO'乴st-`cЩ=}r~0y7FqGv R̅cW*c.bS*Š(JzTuh^so8>r~ u{{,:@ SҨ|R ơMjw.,L*;irHɮ>Nse2>~UV_ jr%F;m> _7]^L?¹aYFTyWY-PE ݤTg#T!\o,5}|,Y%̇#J=)}2O`9:RTC!y~Lծkl`AR9ǯZW弶iѭ.ն`H'Doors are opening in every sporting endeavor for women. One that 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