ATHENS, Greece -- American pole vaulter Timothy Mack pulled off a last-gasp clearance at an Olympic record height of 5.95 meters to take the title in Athens.

CNN: Mack pulls off a last-gasp victory

The story then was bodybuilding in California, American football's premium on size and, as we now know, East Germany's producing at its height perhaps 30, 000 athletes on steroids and winning Olympic medals per hit 600 times as often as Americans.

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The Russian had won all major titles since the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, but she has been out of form so far this season and failed to clear her final height of 4.80 meters.

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