STEVE HOOKER twisted his mighty body 5.9 meters up through the air to vault to Olympic gold at the Bird’s Nest stadium last night.
The man who was once so spooked of vaulting he was hypnotized to allay his fears is Australia’s first athletics gold medalist since Cathy Freeman in 2000.
Beyond Olympic gold the 26-year-old has made no secret of wanting to break the record of pole-vault great Sergey Bubka of 6.14m and he is proving he may have the technique to do that. Read More…
