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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The pole vault world-record holder was banned. The hometown favorite didnt make it through qualifying.It was all perfectly set up for Jenn Suhr to win another Olympic gold medal.It didnt happen.The American couldnt overcome a respiratory infection that left her dizzy, coughing up blood earlier in the day and throwing up twice near the pole vault area during the competition.Suhr ended up tied for seventh Friday in an event won by Ekaterini Stefanidi of Greece. Sandi Morris of the United States finished with silver and Eliza McCartney of New Zealand wound up with bronze.I feel horrible, said Suhr, who captured Olympic gold four years ago in London and silver at the 2008 Beijing Games. Im actually getting concerned. Its going on Day 10, and I feel worse today.Her next stop: home to New York get treatment for this mysterious illness.They think its respiratory and now in the lungs, Suhr said. This morning I was coughing up blood. Its getting scary.I just want to get out of here and go home and figure it out.Just when the path to another gold medal appeared wide open, too.Suhrs top competitor was supposed to be Yelena Isinbayeva, the world-record holder who has been banned from the Games, along with dozens of other Russians, because of a doping investigation. Isinbayeva called it quits Friday as she focuses on a new career in sports politics and even mulls over an offer to lead the Russian track and field team.Also missing from the field was Fabiana Murer, the Brazilian who was expected to get in the mix for a medal but didnt make it out of qualifying.Its such a crappy feeling to know youve worked four years for this and for this to happen, Suhr said. Its embarrassing, too.Early on, Suhr thought she felt OK enough to compete. While warming up, she was clearing the bar at 4.90 meters, which wouldve won this competition. It didnt carry over into the final. Stefanidi and Morris both cleared the same height -- 4.85 -- but Stefanidi had fewer misses.I was like, Im on, Suhr said. After warm-ups, everything shut down. My muscles -- Ive never had them shake.Morris said she could tell her teammate didnt feel well.She just looked pretty dreary. I dont know how else to say it, Morris said. She just didnt look energetic. I really feel for her. Its just an unfortunate circumstance to get sick at this time. Ken Griffey Jersey .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Randy Johnson Jersey . -- Ryan Getzlaf grabbed the three pucks wrapped in tape and held them up to his chest in the Anaheim Ducks dressing room for a celebration nine seasons in the making. http://www.cheapmarinersjerseys.com/?tag=cheap-robinson-cano-jersey . - Levi Browns tenure at left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers is over before it even began. Wholesale Mariners Jerseys . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. Cheap Mariners Jerseys . The Dutchmans tenure got off to a poor start when referee Guido Winkmann awarded a penalty within two minutes for Niklas Starks clumsy challenge on Alexandru Maxim. Each week during the 2016 college football season Ill offer up my selections and scores for the weekends biggest games, along with a handful of other key matchups to keep an eye on.During the past two years my selections are 144-54 (73 percent) when picking the straight-up (SU) winners during the regular season. The ATS record took a massive hit last week with an unthinkable un-perfect 0-9 against the spread. That dropped the two-year ATS record to 98-96-4 (51 percent) against the spread. The Friday ESPN Podcast record for this year dropped all the way down to 12-11-1. Here are my selections for what should hopefullyy be a big bounce-back week.ddddddddddddNote: Lines from Westgate SuperBook as of Wednesday morning. (+) indicates a pick in which Phil Steele is taking an underdog with the points.No. 11 Houston Cougars (-21) at SMU MustangsSaturday, 7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN2Houston had its playoff chances shattered in an upset loss to Navy in the rain two weeks ago. A lot of times, teams languish the week after their bubble is burst, and Houston barely held off Tulsa at the end of its game last week. Houston ' ' '