April 24, 2002 — Pole-vaulter Kevin Dare, a Penn State sophomore, was preparing for his event at February’s Big Ten Conference indoor championships in Minneapolis, when his dad walked up to wish him luck. “Dad, this is my day,” Ed Dare remembers his son saying. As Kevin planted his pole and…
This is a transcript. ELIZABETH JACKSON: Australian pole vaulter Steve Hooker has leapt into the record books by winning Olympic gold last night in Beijing. It’s Australia’s 12th gold medal of the Games and it was sealed with an Olympic record height of 5.96 metres. It’s Australia’s first athletics gold…
