Alysha Newman of Team Canada celebrates a jump during the Women's Pole Vault Final during of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at the Stade de France on August 7, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo: Daniela Porcelli/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images The response to Olympic twerking was divided, th...
Nina Kennedy of Australia celebrates after winning the women's pole vault final of Athletics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Song Yanhua) PARIS, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Nina Kennedy secured Australia's first athletics gold medal of the Paris Olympics b...
Nina Kennedy won Australia’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in the women’s pole vault in Paris 2024 on Wednesday (7 August). The last time Kennedy won a pole vault competition she shared the spoils with defending Olympic champion Katie Moon of the United States. At last year...
A pole vaulter competes in qualifying at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Antonin THUILLIER / AFP Pole vault is a track and field event in which athletes attempt to clear a horizontal bar by sprinting down a runway and using a pole to catapult themselves into the air. The athlete who clears the ...
The Women's Pole Vault was held on 07/08/2024 at Stade de France, Paris. Nina Kennedy (AUS) claimed the Gold, Katie Moon (USA) Silver and Alysha Newman (CAN) completed the podium. How global success piled on the pressure for Katie Moon Moon admits her three Olympic and World Champions...
Both of Duplantis' parents are athletes and his father pole vaulted in the U.S. According to theOlympics, the elder Duplantis' pole vault personal best was 5.80 meters in 1993. Though Duplantis was born in the U.S. and went tocollege in Louisiana, he competes for Sweden, his mother's ...
U.S. Pole Vault Champ to Miss OlympicsROB GLOSTER, AP Sports Writer
Britain's Molly Caudery set the world's leading height of the year and broke the British record in women's pole vault at the World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting in Toulouse on Saturday.
It was once again Duplantis streets ahead of the competition, winning with a best vault of 6.15 metres. "I'm really happy about it. I had a really good time. It was really nice to step out on the track," Duplantis said. "I don't want to say that I was worried, but it's alway...
FULL RESULTS: Men's Pole Vault Final "The biggest dream since I was a kid was to break the world record at the Olympics," Duplantis said. "I’ve been able to do it in front of the most ridiculous crowd I’ve ever competed in front of." ...