Borges' pole, already known on the athletics circuit for its attention-seeking antics and melodramatic demeanour, decided to seize its chance for global fame and exploded into three separate pieces. As you can see here, all three pieces missed its owner as he landed safely on the mat.
The broken pole will be sadly missed - not least by Borges, who failed to qualify for the final when forced to resort to his more stoical and deeply uninspiring stand-in pole. We salute its opportunistic bid for immortality, and can only convey our best wishes for its next incarnation in the arms of a Venetian gondolier.
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