Throughout his life, Dan O'Brien has repeatedly risen to new heights by making the most of his second chances. Thursday night, the three-time decathlon world champion who surprisingly failed to qualify for the 1992 Olympic Games by no-heighting in the pole vault at the trials, finally ascended to the most heralded of plateaus—the top of the
Olympic medal stand.
photograph by John Biever
photograph by Walter Iooss Jr.
photograph by Walter Iooss Jr.
photograph by Walter Iooss Jr.
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