Olympics-Athletics-Da Silva gives Brazil first athletics gold in pole vault
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Brazilian Thiago Da Silva won the Olympic pole vault gold medal on Monday to give the host country its first athletics gold medal of the Games.
World record-holder Renaud Lavillenie of France took the silver medal. (Reporting by Scott Malone, Editing by Ed Osmond)
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