A Setback
When Stokke wasn’t pushing herself to her limits, she was spending it studying. Making sure that she didn’t allow her love for pole vaulting to interfere with her necessary education but this was a tough balance to achieve.
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And one which became even more important, when she suffered a serious injury that she endured during practice. This forced Allison to reassess her career goals and was even harder, considering she was just voted as one of the most successful pole vaulters in history.