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Jenn Suhr finishes 2nd to Olympic gold medalist Katerina Stefanidi in IAAF Diamond League

Olympic gold medalist Jenn Suhr of Riga finished second in the pole vault at the IAAF Diamond League meet in Lausanne, Switzerland on Thursday with a jump of 4.82 meters.

Suhr, 36, tied with two other jumpers at the same height. Katerina Stefanidi (Greece), the 2016 Olympics gold medal winner, and Suhr each cleared the 4.82-meter bar on the second jump but Stefanidi was named the winner by count back having cleared the 4.72-meter bar without a miss. Suhr missed her on her first attempt from 4.72 meters and cleared it on her second try.

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