Athletics At The 2019 Pan American Games – Men's Pole Vault
The men's pole vault competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 10 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Shawnacy Barber from Canada. Summary The medals were decided at 5.61m, only three cleared it. Among the eliminated was Olympic champion Thiago Braz. Clayton Fritsch couldn't get over 5.71m and Augusto Dutra got over it on his second attempt, while Chris Nilsen still had a perfect round going. Dutra passed the next height, daring Nilsen to get over it. Nilsen was well over the bar on his attempts but peaking well behind the bar, he knocked it off on his first two attempts. On his final attempt at he was still too close to the bar, but managed to snake over it. When he landed with the bar still on its pegs, he celebrated. Both made attempts at 5.81m. At 1cm below his personal best from 6 years earlier, it would have been a heroic jump for Dutra, though still 14 ...
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Chris Nilsen
Christopher Nilsen (born January 13, 1998) is an American athlete specialising in pole vault and high jump. He won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault, pole vault event with a jump of . High school Nilsen graduated from Park Hill High School in Kansas City, Missouri. Nilsen was raised in hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. Nilsen set the List of United States high school national records in track and field, United States high school record in the pole vault at the Missouri Class 5 sectional meet with a clearance of . Nilsen won 2016 Kansas Relays pole vault. NCAA Nilsen attended the University of South Dakota. Nilsen is a six-time NCAA Division I All-America, First Team All-American, and a three-time NCAA Division I, NCAA Track and field Pole vault champion. Nilsen holds South Dakota Coyotes school records in the Pole vault indoor and outdoor . Nilsen set List of North, Central American and Caribb ...
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