United States Sen. John Thune presents an Olympic bronze medal to Derek Miles, University of South Dakota alum and current USD pole vaulting coach, Monday, April 17, 2017, at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, S.D. Miles placed fourth in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, but the International Olympic Committee recently disqualified Denys Yurchenko, the third-place finisher, after retested samples showed Yurchenko used a banned substance.