‘Olympics screwed me’: US pole vaulter Sam Kendricks still ‘broken’ from Tokyo Covid exit

American forced to quit in Japan progresses in Paris but says he is damaged goods in the eyes of every brand'

The American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks said he was still broken" from the positive Covid-19 test that shattered his Olympic dreams in Tokyo three years ago, as he aims to write a new story at the Paris Games.

The Olympics screwed me," he said.