While NBC was busy airing a very boring 5,000-meter race that wasn’t close, the women in the Olympic pole vault final were putting on plenty of drama, and former Razorback Sandi Morris came oh so close to winning gold.
The final round began with 12 vaulters, and the field whittled its way down to Morris and Greece’s Ekaterini Stefanidi. They were the only two women to clear the bar at 4.85 meters, setting up a showdown between them.
Each woman had three opportunities to clear the mark. Stefanidi went first in the attempt at 4.9 meters, and she missed all three of her attempts.