JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================lK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?]%VҦfG]  lPB7 rcB%x 3_jM;y_\GD8?56\˜pId|^_뎸ֹ\)3.N'[ R#:eIPM-_jrc^Ю4nذqYCsj- \i54vЭ;\S"I4?GK}A@y;TIݜYrdV5ؕ ,R=>sY*lVw3W,sԫ9>jMj!3'pz"0*Alǂ9bO iY-JPyB"4o*o-1gR]!X<16MKXoH[N%Vuv9ԓO¾'[] "5ؓDpzQk=.w ޙ9Օɼs+¼AhgD$sq+ҽ[kG{dD&WRߚzs)FJ@dT5R>HF@ZC+2+Iܫ>ٖ*H*YL 0Kq*{Uun$) # D[M08T׮XR *>U߉>Vv]7Glm䓌uOW>΃κq3U%xLU><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 had set in the U.S. Olympic Trials in Sacramento in July. Grigorieva went after the record twice, but failed each time, leaving Dragila the only woman to top 15 feet and receive the coveted Gold. It was glory and guts at its best.<br>Dragila, the best-known and most accomplished vaulter in the world, with world indoor and outdoor cham