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Steve Hooker in men's pole vault final; Brad Waker out

20 August 2008 at 10:23 - 0 comments - link
AUSTRALIAN medal hope Steve Hooker last night stared down Olympic elimination but luckily he went the other way.

Having twice failed to clear the bar at 5.65m, a tracksuited Steve Hooker regained control of his Olympic destiny on his third attempt - clearing the bar to make it through to tonight's final.

In a controversial qualifying round that finished in a deserted stadium just before midnight (2am AEST), America's gold medal favourite Brad Walker bit the dust.

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Source: The Australian


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