{"id":88405,"date":"2016-08-16T15:36:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T15:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/08\/16\/army-2nd-lt-sam-kendricks-claims-bronze-in-rio-pole-vault\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:51:48","slug":"army-2nd-lt-sam-kendricks-claims-bronze-in-rio-pole-vault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2016\/08\/16\/army-2nd-lt-sam-kendricks-claims-bronze-in-rio-pole-vault\/","title":{"rendered":"Army 2nd Lt. Sam Kendricks claims bronze in Rio pole vault"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>RIO DE JANEIRO \u2013 An Army reservist and the first Ole Miss Rebel to win an NCAA championship,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/sports\/2016\/08\/15\/ole-miss-kendricks-takes-bronze-pole-vault\/88812558\/\">Sam Kendricks<\/a>\u00a0had his shot to be an Olympic champion Monday at Rio\u2019s Olympic Stadium.<br\/><br\/>After qualifying for Monday\u2019s final with a jump of 5.7 meters, the 23-year-old pole vaulter from Oxford, Mississippi, took on the best in the world \u2013 and ended up sharing the podium with them. It was a hometown kind of night with Brazilian Thiago Braz da Silva claiming gold, but Kendricks had his own moment by clearing 5.85 meters to win bronze.<br\/><br\/>&#8220;You have to recognize that a Brazilian boy has to have a home-field advantage,&#8221; Kendricks said of his good friend da Silva. &#8220;And I hope that perhaps in 2024 I will have the advantage in Los Angeles.&#8221;<br\/><br\/>Yes, Kendricks is already looking past 2020 in Tokyo \u2013 that\u2019s assumed \u2013 and hopes Monday is the start of a rise toward a gold of his own.<br\/><br\/>He\u2019s the first American to medal in pole vault since Timothy Mack won gold and Toby Stevenson won silver in 2004 in Athens, and he was close to more.<br\/><br\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam Kendricks Army Reserve Rio Olympics pole vault\" data-alignment=\"center\" data-object-id=\"00000156-93da-d234-a176-f3fe50040000\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/snagfilms-a.akamaihd.net\/55\/6a\/e828088d4c87951640c3af0fbde3\/sam-kendricks-army-reserve-rio-olympics-pole-vault.jpg\"\/><figcaption> <span>Sam Kendricks came within inches of gold during Monday&#8217;s pole vault final in Rio de Janeiro.<\/span><\/figcaption><figcaption> <span>Photo Credit: Lee Jin-man\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption>Three times, Kendricks nearly cleared 5.93 meters, and three times he grazed the bar enough to dislodge it. His personal best is 5.92, and the second lieutenant with the Millington, Tennessee-based 655th Transportation Company set a U.S. trials record of 5.91 \u2013 on the Fourth of July, of course.<br\/><br\/>&#8220;They say back home, and jokingly in track circles, that if you win a medal it will change your life,&#8221; Kendricks said. &#8220;I think your life is changed on the way to that medal, honestly. With all the journeys and sacrifices that you make, all the training that you do, and the people you leave at home to watch. That is what is really the value of the (medal). I\u2019m glad I have something tangible to bring home and show for it. I know that everybody in Oxford will love to see it. But the journey, like my coach says, is the goal. Not necessarily the medals. And it\u2019s very fun to come and compete, but not necessarily the end of all things.&#8221;<br\/><br\/>He was philosophical afterward. He was, quite simply, having a blast during the competition. Kendricks said it didn\u2019t feel like an Olympic final because he is tight with most of the other vaulters who were on the field.<br\/><br\/>And when da Silva cleared 6.03 \u2013 an Olympic record \u2013 to upset France\u2019s Renaud Lavillenie (5.98) Olympic Stadium was up in arms. Lavillenie, the world-record holder (6.16) was stunned. Kendricks said his first impulse was to run and hug da Silva, but he decided better of it.<br\/><br\/>&#8220;I thought I was in a movie,&#8221; he said of the moment.<br\/><br\/>He expects to be in this situation more than once in the future. On Kendricks\u2019 third attempt, he grazed the bar, barely dislodging it. Maybe in the United States, he said, that bar stays put. Maybe he\u2019ll get to find out if Los Angeles wins the 2024 bid.<br\/><br\/>&#8220;I gave my best effort but not quite the best forces in each area needed,&#8221; Kendricks said. &#8220;I know that sounds rather complicated but me and my coach understand it very much so, and in the future I hope to even be more masterful of my poles and my equipment.&#8221;<br\/><br\/><em>Joe Rexrode writes for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/sports\/2016\/08\/15\/ole-miss-kendricks-takes-bronze-pole-vault\/88812558\/\">The Tennessean<\/a>.<\/em><br\/><br\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Army 2nd Lt. 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