Alysha Newman turned around Canada’s fortunes with a delightful pole-vault bronze on Day 12. Coming up, it’s Andre De Grasse’s final shot at a medal. CBC | Sports News
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Alysha Newman sets Canadian record to capture women’s pole vault bronze medal
Alysha Newman has won Canada’s first-ever Olympic medal in women’s pole vault, claiming bronze on Wednesday with a Canadian-record height of 4.85 metres. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch Alysha Newman compete for women’s pole vault podium
Canada’s Alysha Newman is going for a medal in the Olympic women’s pole vault final at 12:15 p.m. ET at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on Wednesday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Alysha Newman bows out of indoor world pole vault final with right ankle injury
Canadian record holder Alysha Newman withdrew from the women’s pole vault final with a right ankle injury minutes before Saturday’s competition at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian Olympian Alysha Newman drops charges against Steelers linebacker
Misdemeanour charges have been dropped against a Pittsburgh Steelers backup linebacker who had been accused of injuring his girlfriend, Canadian Olympic pole vaulter Alysha Newman, during a fight in their western Pennsylvania hotel room this month. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Alysha Newman sets new Canadian pole vault record
Alysha Newman of London, Ont., broke her own Canadian record in the pole vault on Sunday. The 23-year-old cleared 4.75 metres, topping her previous mark of 4.71. CBC | Sports News
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