Tuesday Afterschool Special: Vaulting Ahead
From a world-record pole vault to a fan role reversal for two top swimmers, here's all the cool stuff from the sports world you might have missed.
Olympic roundup
Host-country hero Thiago da Silva provided the best moment of the Games yesterday, when he set a new Olympic record and won gold in the pole vault by clearing a 6.03-meter bar. (That's nearly 20 feet high!) Renaud Lavillenie of France had reason to believe he had both the record and the top prize locked up when he cleared 5.98. But da Silva had other plans:
In other track and field news, Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas beat the U.S.'s Allyson Felix by diving for the finish line. There's some debate whether she fell forward on purpose, or merely lost control while leaning. Either way, the move provided for a dramatic photo-finish win, as she beat Felix by .07 seconds:
Michael Phelps is back on the cover of SI
From fan to teammate
Adrian Beltre wields a broom vs. the watercoolers
USA basketball tries a new sport
Today's Peanuts
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