🏅On June 27, 1992 Dan O'Brien fails on the pole vault and is eliminated from the Olympics decathlon trials at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans. O'Brien's "no height" in the pole vault was also a financial embarrassment for his main corporate sponsor (Reebok), and for NBC television which was heavily promoting the upcoming Olympics. He appeared with U.S. rival Dave Johnson, the Goodwill Games champion, in a popular TV advertising campaign for Reebok that cost the company $25 million. The serie