A five-minute burst of action near the backstretch of the Olympic track served up the perfect snapshot of what is going right and all that is going wrong for the U.S. track and field team in Tokyo.

After a difficult start in the pole vault final, American Katie Nageotte clinched the gold medal with a mesmerizing 4.90-meter vault.

Sandi Morris’ Olympics came to a crashing end on Monday after her pole snapped during qualifying, sending her awkwardly off the pad and injuring her hip.