The San Diego Union-Tribune will mark its 150th anniversary in 2018 by presenting a significant front page from the archives each day throughout the year. Thursday, August 4, 1932 In 1932 Bill Miller — who won three state prep titles for San Diego High before heading to Stanford — won…
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…
Data from IAAF.org POS BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK DETAIL 5.50 5.65 5.75 5.85 5.93 5.98 6.03 6.08 1 2132 Thiago Braz da Silva BRA 6.03 OR – O XO O XO – XOR 2 2426 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 5.98 – – O O O O XX- X 3 3080 Sam…
From the University of Michigan, Charles Dvorak was unfortunate not to win an Olympic medal in 1900. He went to the field on the Sunday for which the event had been scheduled only to be told that, for sabattarian reasons, the event would not be held that day. It was…
Sergey Bubka, the most dominant pole vaulter in history, might have expected to win gold medals at five successive Olympic Games. The story of his achieving the feat only once is a modern fable of how the best-laid schemes of mice and pole vaulters can go awry. Nothing speaks more…
