Barber crashes out of pole vault event as Canada’s medal streak ends at nine days
RIO DE JANEIRO — As the pole vault bar fell 5.65 metres to the ground, Shawn Barber’s Olympic dreams came crashing down with it.
It was a bitter but fitting end to Day 10 of the Rio Olympics for Canada, the first day in which it found itself without a medal.
A favourite to win the pole vault competition coming into the Games, Barber was expected to rescue a dismal Monday for Canada that earlier saw its paddlers shut out of medal contention.
But the reigning world champion couldn’t get going, perhaps bothered by the rain that plagued the track events at Olympic Stadium.