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Day three of the IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 and Canada sits sixth in the medal count with a gold medal coming from Shawn Barber in the pole vault today.

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Shawn Barber of Canada competes in the Men's Pole Vault final during day three of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015.Ian Walton/Getty Images

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Shawn Barber of Canada wins gold in the men's pole vault final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing.Damir Sagolj/Reuters

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Matthew Hughes of Canada competes in the Men's 3000 metres steeplechase final during day three of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015.Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

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Israel's Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko competes in the final of the women's triple jump athletics event at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015.Antonin Thuillier/AFP / Getty Images

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Argentina's German Chiaraviglio competes in the final of the men's pole vault athletics event at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015.Antonin Thuillier/AFP / Getty Images

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Jamaica's Kimberly Williams competes in the final of the women's triple jump athletics event at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015.Franck Fife/AFP / Getty Images

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Raphael Marcel Holzdeppe of Germany competes in the men's pole vault final during the IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015.Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

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Evan Jager of the United States (C) and Conseslus Kipruto of Kenya compete in the Men's 3000 metres steeplechase final during day three of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015.Lintao Zhang

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Athletes compete in the Women's 10000 metres final during day three of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015.Patrick Smith/Getty Images

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France's Renaud Lavillenie competes in the final of the men's pole vault athletics event at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015.Franck Fife/AFP / Getty Images

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