She is 2024 summer olympics bronze medallist and 2018 commonwealth games champion, and holds both the canadian national and commonwealth games records in the women's pole vault. Newman represented canada at three summer olympics (2016, 2020, 2024), with a pinnacle achievement of winning a bronze medal at the 2024 paris olympics This marked her as the first canadian woman to medal in pole vaulting at the olympics. At her third olympic games, alysha newman not only made her first olympic final, but also secured a bronze medal for team canada in the women’s pole vault The canadian had the stadium on her side right from her entrance, when she struck a pose when being introduced.
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