The event, billed as the 100m to Settle It All, pitted Armand Duplantis, the Swedish pole vault king, against Norway's 400 metres hurdle's world record holder Karsten Warholm.
From Washington, D.C., we're taking you to Chino, California, for a report on a high school class president who's also a pole vaulter, who's also a trainee for guide dogs.
He took long chances often in his after life; but only when the taking of chances might further the attainment of some cherished end-and, always thereafter, he practiced pole-vaulting.