British pole vaulter Holly Bleasdale flopped at the Olympics, but was a winner in love on Tuesday when she revealed her boyfriend had proposed to her. The 20-year-old Bleasdale, who finished sixth in the final, tweeted that boyfriend Paul Bradshaw had asker her to marry him. “6th in the Olympics…
Lake Forest’s Jillian Schwartz failed in her attempt to qualify for the finals of the pole vault at the London Olympics Saturday. Schwartz, who was competing for the Israeli team thanks to her dual citizenship, missed three times at the 4.50 meter mark and was eliminated. She finished 18th overall…
British record holder Holly Bleasdale begins her quest to win a pole vault medal with the qualifying in the Olympic Stadium on Saturday morning. Bleasdale, 20, who lifted her outdoor record to 4.71m at the Olympic trials, cleared 4.87m indoors in January 2012. Yelena Isinbayeva is chasing a record third…
Lacy Janson’s hope for a run at an Olympic medal ended Saturday morning when the Cardinal Mooney High graduate missed her three attempts to clear the height of 4.50 meters (14-feet-9-inches) in the women’s pole vault competition. Janson easily cleared heights of 4.25 and 4.40 (14-feet-5 ¼) at the 2012…