It was 2021, and the South Australian was inside the Japan National Stadium with a third 'x' next to his name on the scoreboard. He had just recorded a 'no heighter' — the failure to clear any bar — in the pole vault final of the Tokyo Olympic Games."It took a while after that to get over the demons of the no-height at the Olympic Games, because that's basically the lowest of lows in this sport.
"That led to maybe six weeks of poor vaulting, and the six weeks of poor vaulting led to a back stress fracture," he said.Marschall healed and went into 2020 in good shape, but the COVID pandemic shut down the world. "It was quite daunting out there not having a crowd, because usually the crowd out there, like adds to the energy and distracts you a little bit."
Marschall wasn't able to try vaulting until he was 12, when he attended a come-and-try day in Adelaide.
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