No Mention
“It cut the other way, too, though. I think at some point Cal just decided: ‘Don’t put anything up about her.’ So even if I jumped high or won a meet, they wouldn’t put up a picture or article, and that’s actually the kind of recognition I would have liked to see.” We can’t see many other athletes allowing their achievements to be kept quiet, but it was something Stokke put up with.
No Mention
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Olympic Goals
After graduation, Stokke continued to compete in pole vaulting competitions. While she didn’t rank as high as some other American athletes, that didn’t matter, she knew what she wanted. Stokke was dedicated to overcoming that famous photo so she began training to make the U.S.A. Olympic team.
Olympic Goals