Fun turns to gold for young Canadian

Shawn Barber was a little boy when he picked up the pole and copied what was his dad was doing - mostly because it looked like fun.

Now 21, having beaten Olympic gold medalist Renaud Lavillenie, Barber is the pole vault world champion.

The Canadian and Pan-American Games champ cleared every attempt from 5.50 meters to 5.90 without missing on Monday, before failing three times at 6 meters.