JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================PK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ? Vjw1̨1ثqC+AQxw/O 0E|S"ZSE&unX> `uxIUĨͻ  SMFㅜl<5 qKFluv5*V7g nɰ(u?]D]˜y],yZ33:_x4I3KjLb&2v_Tԧw7>¸/$%*Ήe?0CKx5i*{mZ+p6ϥoYhI[x&}>oծk}T]uX"rNJ uO_>.\2jYmVd-'x)Jzq;syiFVUI#vbAz1IXt}9WJcgPNEmEVБqTf03Ks۞8L6 `uK&au=9 eIlDGuӰuXqd8USZė'ڼ7>7̇ cgxUQ#suK~bD'kj-^])hI9`yH4|$Y:6yǭpw_Zgk&ucnџ^)HgvkFm =n u=r\< ,l Hg=E1 +Iӊt$mJc.Y0p*OH\ʹN0*+`kk arױ. |7a´fB}'אG I4%^4 ko8aFTG\Lnx%`r2[]Mcثiَili.rI'XKĻﳚѣ[gkTfKU$Doors are opening in every sporting endeavor for women. One that opened very wide in this past summer s games was women s pole vaulting.<br><br>Raising the Bar<br><br>Getting the women s pole vault event into this summer s Olympics was a feat unto itself, but it was still left to the competitors to prove it worthy of Olympic recognition. California s Stacy Dragila, pitted against Australia s own Tatiana Grigorieva, were the kindling that lit the bonfire. There was blatant bravado in their performances, the same spirit that has made the women s vault such a high-demand event in recent years.<br> The pole vault has always been the dare-devil sport of track and field, says Decathlete record holder Dan O Brien.  It takes guts and gives  no fear a new definition. <br>At the summer Olympics, women held n