To settle the matter, the couple went with this: Whoever just broke the world indoor pole vaulting record got to pick.

WSJ: Suhr relishes breaking indoor pole vault mark

For so long, Isinbayeva has been an overwhelming presence in women's pole vaulting, almost unbeatable and setting world records that were virtually untouchable.

WSJ: Suhr relishes breaking indoor pole vault mark

South African-born Kate Dennison looks like she should still be at school, but the 24-year-old has been a pole vaulting revelation, breaking the British record for the second time in a week on Saturday.

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People who drink chili out of Denver Bronco cup-holders and pray to Dustin Pedroia Fatheads suddenly become absorbed in tiny Olympic events like shooting and curling and pole-vaulting, despite knowing almost nothing about shooting and curling and pole-vaulting.

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The U.S. track team, which has been struggling to improve its track-and-field fortunes, grabbed its second gold of the games as Jennifer Suhr won the women's pole vaulting competition. (Cuba's Yarisley Silva got silver.) Overall, it was the U.S.'s 29th gold, two short of China for the lead.

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Suhr's pole-vaulting win was the second gold medal the U.S. track-and-field team has secured during three full days of athletics competitions, following Sanya Richards-Ross winning the women's 400-meter race on Sunday night.

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