Rio silver medalist Sandi Morris was among the favorites to win gold in pole vault this week.
But her Olympics ended heartbreakingly early on Monday thanks in part to a quite literal bad break.
Morris waited with the rest of the athletes at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium Monday evening as a rain storm forced a pause in the action. When the storm subsided, she took a warmup vault on the rain-slicked track prior to the resumption of competition. She failed to clear the bar and came crashing down awkwardly on the edge of the mat near the box where vaulters plant their poles.