One for 2012, people

While we’re happy to live in the present, The Spoiler always has one eye open, glaring silently into the future. “Who will be the stars of tomorrow?” we whisper into our gins. And here’s one of the answers: Allison Stokke. She might not strictly be an Olympian right now, but damn it man, she will be one.

Allison’s specialty is the womanly art of pole vaulting, a sport which first came to prominence when a young royal had to leap over a hedge using a spear. It soon became a very popular playground game. As things stand, she’s one of the rising stars of US athletics, so expect to see her striding around London’s mini Olympic village come 2012.

And another one after the jump…