Australian pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall has tasted Commonwealth Games gold and now he wants to become the Olympic champion. Marschall lept his way into Australian hearts on the Gold Coast last April and will kick-start his Tokyo 2020 Olympics campaign at the Canberra Track Classic on Monday. The 21-year-old admits he…
Alysha Newman might have been wearing a megawatt smile when she soared to pole vault gold at the Commonwealth Games last March. But the 24-year-old was competing through pain so bad, she’d barely been able to practise. “Oh yeah, it was horrible,” Newman said. “I had taken two weeks off…
Commonwealth Games pole vault champion Alysha Newman takes us through the preparation of her new poles. Read More
If Canadian track and field is looking for a new face of the sport, pole vaulter Alysha Newman is almost ready for her close-up. The 23-year-old from London, Ont., is the national record holder indoors (4.70 metres) and out (4.75), the reigning Commonwealth Games champion and has quickly become a…
