zia's pole vaulting tuesday

Top of the morning fellow market competitors as we attempt to 'podium' in this the most demanding of disciplines-the making of a dollar.

On offer,kudos and for the duration of the Games....

All competitors are equal except for cheeky El Capo,who like pictures and giving us the time honoured salute.

And so to our medalist of the day and once again it is JGunter (he of hammerthrow fame) who collects another gold for his performance with Downer EDI and a compelling effort of $2.94-$3.09.Not a PB but a solid result and another GOLD,GOLD GOLD for Germany (perhaps their only result to date.

Congratulations JG!!!

Knowing his penchant for all things sartorial in the Teutonic culture a sneak preview of his get up for the ceremomy

Now that more like it.

Oh,and todays header inspired by a joke doing the rounds in London.

A fan approaches an athlete and asks 'are you a pole vaulter?'

"No" says the athlete,"I'm German,but how did you know my name is Walter?"

Enough:)

Great trading all and enjoy the games!