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Fredonia native Jenn Suhr won a gold medal in pole vaulting Monday at the Olympics. She vaulted 15 feet, 7 inches to defeat Cuba's Yarisley Silva, who cleared the same height but lost on a tiebreaker because she had one more miss in the competition. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

Fredonia pole vaulter Jenn Stuczynski took a silver medal this morning in Beijing, falling once again to world champion Yelena Isinbayeva. Stuczynski has been in a back and forth medal battle with Isinbayeva for years. It is Isinbayeva's second consecutive Olympic pole vault gold medal. Isinbayeva set the mark of 16 feet, 6 3/4 inches on her third and final attempt at that height. Stuczynski's top height was 15-9, while bronze medalist Svetlana Feofanova of Russia, the 2003 world champion, topped out at 15-7.

Jenn Stuczynski spent Tuesday night in Fredonia, as she gets ready for her trip to Beijing for the Olympics. The pole vaulter is one of America's best hopes for an Olympic medal. Stuczynski, who is foregoing the opening ceremonies for the games in order to concentrate on training, was in Fredonia to take part in National Night Out activities.