The Olympic Games came to an end with athletes having significant ties to Washington state coming away with 17 medals, including five gold, seven silver and five bronze.
Author: SPNW Staff
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Athletes with connections to Washington state harvested four more medals, including a gold by Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm, at the Olympic Games in London Saturday. A fifth medal candidate, former Washington State University middle-distance runner and four-time Olympian Bernard Lagat, missed getting one by a fraction of a second.
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Brad Walker, a Mountlake Terrace resident and a former University of Washington All-America pole vaulter, not only failed to win a medal for the second consecutive Olympics, he failed to clear a height for the second straight Games, this time in the finals. France’s Renaud Lavillenie won the gold Friday in London, setting an Olympic