Valarie Allman from Longmont, Colorado, won her second straight Olympic title in the discus throw, beating Feng Bin of China and Sandra Elkasevic of Croatia.
SAINT-DENIS, France — Sam Kendricks appreciates the Olympics again. Valarie Allman never stopped.It’s just the healing power that medals have to mend and reinforce feelings.In a short span Monday night, Allman won her second straight Olympic title in the discus throw, while Kendricks captured silver in a pole vault competition that featured Sweden’s Armand “Mondo” Duplantis breaking his own world record.The medals from Allman and Kendricks, 31, gave the U.S.
It culminated Monday with Duplantis clearing 6.25 meters to defend his gold medal.“His story is written in the stars, for sure,” said Kendricks, who cleared 5.95 meters to hold off Emmanouil Karalis of Greece. “But I think mine will have a tapestry hanging on my wall one day worthy of reading.”Same with Allman’s tale. After winning in Tokyo, the 29-year-old who competed for Stanford realized she needed to dial back on the discus training.
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