Lift-off: High-flying pole vaulters take to the air
Canada's Damian Warner competes in the men's decathlon pole vault event at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 9, 2012.PHIL NOBLE/Reuters
Germany's Rico Freimuth competes in the men's decathlon pole vault event at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 9, 2012.PHIL NOBLE/Reuters
Germany's Pascal Behrenbruch competes in the men's decathlon pole vault event at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 9, 2012.PHIL NOBLE/Reuters
Canada's Damian Warner competes in the men's decathlon pole vault event at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 9, 2012.PHIL NOBLE/Reuters
Russia's Ilya Shkurenev competes in the men's decathlon pole vault event at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 9, 2012.PHIL NOBLE/Reuters
Canada's Damian Warner competes in the men's decathlon pole vault event at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 9, 2012.MARK BLINCH/Reuters
Belgium's Hans van Alphen competes in the men's decathlon pole vault event at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 9, 2012.MARK BLINCH/Reuters
France's Kevin Mayer competes in the men's decathlon pole vault event at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 9, 2012.MARK BLINCH/Reuters
Russia's Ilya Shkurenev competes in the men's decathlon pole vault event at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 9, 2012.KAI PFAFFENBACH/Reuters