ATHLETICS: There were high hopes at the Tokyo Stadium for Australia on Tuesday night, but it didn't go to script for Kurtis Marschall in the pole vault or the 5000m men.
Kurtis Marschall was expected to be in the mix for a pole vault medal having cleared 5.75 metres on his first attempt in qualifying and 5.80m this season. But the 24-year-old didn't get a chance to find his rhythm and show his fight when he missed all three attempts at his opening height of 5.55m
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