On March 13, Olympic gold medalist pole vaulter Thiago Braz chatted with Digital Journal about his plans for 2019, as well as the digital transformation of the sport of pole vault. On his plans for 2019, Brad said, “With my return to Brazil, I will work a lot to establish…
Rio de Janeiro : Brazil’s Olympic pole vault champion Thiago Braz da Silva has received a one kilogram gold bar from his former club as a reward for his triumph at the just concluded Rio Games here. The 22-year-old won Brazil’s first ever Olympic pole vault gold medal beating France’s…
IT TOOK ten days, but Brazil’s second gold medal of the Olympics—won by pole vaulter Thiago Braz da Silva—was warmly welcomed by the games’ host nation. Mr da Silva broke the Olympic record in Rio de Janeiro on August 15th, and went on to win the competition. He beat the…
RIO DE JANEIRO I had one of those “Only in Brazil” moments Monday night, sitting in a bar in Copacabana with the Olympics on TV in the background. We had a table of about 12 Americans. We were all eating a very late dinner around 11 p.m and sampling the…
Fabiana Murer will carry the hopes and expectations of the Brazilian nation at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The 2011 women’s pole vault world champion, and IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 silver medallist, reveals some first things of significance in her life. First competition My very first jump in training…
BRAZIL — France will share counterterrorism intelligence with Brazil ahead of next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the foreign ministers of both countries said in a press conference in Brasilia on Sunday. France’s foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, in Brazil to discuss the upcoming U.N. climate summit in Paris later this…
Fabiana Murer shattered the Pan American Games pole vault record by 20 centimeters on Monday and helped Brazil tie its record 29 gold medals from Santo Domingo four years ago. Murer, fourth in the world rankings, cleared 4.6 meters in three attempts, breaking the former record of 4.4 by American…
