Defeated pole vaulter Bleasdale wins in love

LONDON — British pole vaulter Holly Bleasdale flopped at the Olympics, but was a winner in love on Tuesday when she revealed her boyfriend had proposed to her.The 20-year-old Bleasdale, who finished sixth in the final, tweeted that boyfriend Paul Bradshaw had asker her to marry him. “6th in the Olympics and @bradshaaaw proposes to me - epic day!!!”,” she wrote on Twitter. Bradshaw had posted: “I have just proposed to @HollyBleasdale and she said yes!!!!! Best day ever!” — AFP