The jump was certainly impressive enough to warrant a call from home: 4.75 metres for a new Canadian women’s pole vault record. “I said, ‘you know what mom, I don’t know why I didn’t do it at worlds. I kind of laugh at it, really.”Alysha Newman (@alysha_newman94) breaks 🇨🇦 pole vault record with a clearance of 4.75m in Germany. I want to put Canada on the map for the women’s pole vault. “That’s what’s so cool about pole vault: you can take it to the street,” Newman said.

Source: National Post August 30, 2017 19:30 UTC