There was only one way that the decision was ever going to go. Now she'd had the chance to fall in love with pole vaulting again, her vision of representing the USA at the Olympics had returned to her.
It was the only thing she wanted to do. By this time, the Olympics in London in 2012 were looming large. Stokke was desperate to make the team, and so she continued to push herself. She increased her personal best to a clearance of over fourteen feet.