Brazil win first athletics gold medal of Rio games as Thiago da silva wins pole vault final

Brazil's Thiago Braz da Silva celebrates his victory at the end of the Men's Pole Vault Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 15, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE

Brazilian Thiago Da Silva won the Olympic pole vault gold medal in dramatic fashion on Monday to give the host country its first athletics gold medal of the Games.

World record-holder Renaud Lavillenie of France took the silver medal.