- Holly Bradshaw gained a Bronze medal in Tokyo in 2021
- She sadly did not qualify on the Pole Vault occasion at present
- She was seen practically touchdown on a cameraman on the Video games at present
That is the second Staff GB‘s Holly Bradshaw practically landed on a cameraman following a disastrous pole vault on the Paris Olympics at present.
Bradshaw, 32, sadly didn’t make it over the 4.4m bar following three makes an attempt on the Pole Vault qualification, held at present on the Stade de France simply north of Paris.
Considered one of her makes an attempt noticed her by chance fling herself the suitable, practically flying right into a cameraman stood on the facet of the occasion space within the course of.
She couldn’t be seen by the cameras for a couple of seconds – when the lenses discovered her once more, she was seen attending to her ft and brushing herself off.
Although she initially had a steely gaze on her face, she quickly burst into tears, prompting fellow GB pole vaulter Molly Caudery to console her.
Holly Bradshaw, 32, (pictured) sadly didn’t make it over the 4.4m bar following three makes an attempt on the Pole Vault qualification
Considered one of her makes an attempt noticed her by chance fling herself rightwards, practically flying right into a cameraman stood on the facet of the occasion space
Bradshaw’s failure to qualify got here simply three years after the Tokyo Olympics, the place she threw herself 4.85m excessive to assert a bronze for Britain
With 10 golds, 12 silvers and 16 bronzes, the UK is presently in sixth place
She couldn’t be seen by cameras for a couple of seconds – when cameras discovered her once more, she was seen attending to her ft and brushing herself off
Bradshaw’s failure to qualify got here simply three years after the Tokyo Olympics, the place she threw herself 4.85m excessive to assert a bronze for Britain.
However she wasn’t the one Brit who did not make it by means of the qualifiers, as Caudery additionally did not make it over the 4.55m bar in her three makes an attempt.
An emotional Caudery advised BBC Sport following the crushing defeat: ‘It’s completely heartbreaking. This isn’t the Olympic expertise I hoped for.
‘I’m simply so sorry to everybody again house, I want I might have finished higher however I’m going to try to study from this. It’s nonetheless an Olympic expertise and I’ll take every part I can from it.
‘I felt nice and I’m in the very best form of my life. I didn’t really feel too nervous – I like an enormous crowd – however for some purpose it wasn’t my day.’
It isn’t all doom and gloom for Britain, nonetheless, as Staff GB is presently excessive up within the total medal rankings.
Although she initially had a steely gaze on her face, she shortly burst into tears, forcing fellow GB pole vaulter Molly Caudery (pictured, behind) to console her
Caudery additionally did not qualify at present
With 10 golds, 12 silvers and 16 bronzes, the UK is presently in sixth place, behind South Korea, Australia, France, the US and China.
Right this moment alone, there are 27 medal occasions. British followers will probably be hoping that Keely Hodgkinson could have a a lot simpler time of issues when she goes searching for a long-overdue world gold medal within the girls’s 800m, in line with Sir Steve Redgrave, who has been internet hosting an everyday briefing with MailOnline for the reason that begin of this yr’s video games.
Sir Steve stated: ‘The 22-year-old has proven herself to be the category of the sector within the preliminary rounds and she or he produced a very breathtaking show within the semi closing which will deter the opposite opponents from even mounting a critical problem.’
