JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================]K" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?\ץStXZx*UV$*^ങ|5nHDM+ۙdE?I036)1\^}jZi oadޡF6z}Zf=P!v2p=*Rڼ#?fJ\/O9YV&ʜ jZ'fUe*aWtZ%aG(x*>mS2/e 9~USº%4(!0űOPjhUWX/4q;r:fvFv:GYI~8erFW[ɦwS$rp]퍨2H*jrK&r'U$G1$t=Gm> EibsSEz|S};[0`{tJ =Er5wrFڼ_jQ,pH +*k5u=ӦŖF 7W]]gK7vZmUVPXOYksD,P%8ejʹ & VB> YN=6^}\n's]6^QL-g'ɉS+ C[kCJ* p~jf Tf+SP-Uwڥ~\#!ph)g?āLcO {U2"W ϥUj2[ЎE \5mP!IڗcQҖ9^X)hIndmv%s;f:4vu/>ԿL@ <br>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 nothing back. In the end, Dragila vaulted 15 feet 1 inch to Grigorieva s 14-11. But the Gold was not Dragila s until after Grigorieva passed on trying to match her, and attempted to vault 15-3. This would have topped the world record of 15-2 1/4 Dragila ha