OlympicTalk · Sep 2, 2020
Without meets, Sandi Morris held a virtual garage sale and drew an unusual request
By Caroline Kurdej
Special to NBCSports.com
Hammers. High dips and high bars. A handmade pole vault pit — and long jump runway extension. Virtual garage sales. Fauxlympics.
Together, they represent challenges and solutions for Olympic hopefuls dealing with the first postponed Games in modern history. Athletes have grown increasingly creative amid the restlessness of the pandemic in striving to qualify for Tokyo.
Take Sandi Morris, Olympic pole vault silver medalist and American indoor record holder. The last virtual garage sale she hosted was in 2016, to help raise money for her sister’s flight to Rio.
This time, she sold gear that she no longer uses to earn extra income.