Dragila retires
Former world and Olympic champion Stacy Dragila ended her 14-year pole vaulting career with a second-place finish at the DecaNation athletics meet in Paris.
The 38-year-old American won gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, the first games in which women competed in the pole vault, and is a two-time world champion.
“It was great to be a pioneer in this sport,” Dragila told the Associated Press.
She cleared 14 feet, 7v inche 1/3 but missed three attempts at 14-11 to finish behind Russian Tatiana Polnova.
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