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Aussie Life

Aussie life

25 January 2025

9:00 AM

25 January 2025

9:00 AM

The public shaming of elite pole vault coach Alex Parnov reminds me of the time I was sent to cover a European athletics meeting. ‘Write something about pole-vaulting,’ the editor said. ‘Nobody ever does stories about pole vaulters.’ But when I got to the meeting I couldn’t find a pole vaulter to interview, so eventually I took a punt on a muscular young bloke doing stretches in the warm-up area.

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