Men's pole vault has been part of every modern Olympics. The women's event made its debut at the 2000 Sydney Games. Why are pole vaulters hands black? Athletes are allowed to place a substance on their hands or the pole to obtain a better grip, but are not permitted to use tape on...
Canadian pole vaulter Alysha Newman twerked after her historic bronze medal win at the Paris Olympics 2024. See the reaction here.
At the 1960 Olympics he won a gold medal with a vault of 15 feet 5 1/8 inches (4.7 metres). Nicknamed “Tarzan,” he was unusually heavy (190 pounds [86.36 kg]) for a pole-vaulter. Bragg’s career took place during the predominance of the aluminum pole, which supplanted the bamboo...
Pole vaulter in his ascent to the crossbar, swinging his legs upward before shooting them above the bar. A slideway, or box, is sunk into the ground with its back placed directly below the crossbar. The vaulter thrusts the pole into this box upon leaving the ground. A pit at least 5...
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American-born pole vaulter Armand "Mondo" Duplantis broke a world record for a ninth time at the Paris Olympics on Monday and brought home a gold medal for Sweden. The Louisiana-born 24-year-old athlete cleared 6.25 meters Monday, beating the mark of 6.24 meters he set in the Xiamen ...
"The atmosphere was fantastic. I wish I could have jumped a little higher for them. It just didn't happen today." The event featured eight of the best pole vaulters in the world, including the shared bronze medallists from the World Cha...
But the 27-year-old Kennedy made sure she had sole ownership of the Olympic gold as the only vaulter to clear 4.90m. Moon had to be content with silver on countback at 4.85m with Canada’s Alysha Newman setting a national record at the same height. Kennedy hardly skipped a...
The modern Olympics include a large variety of events in Track & Field, but perhaps none as unique as thepole vault. Equipment Pole vaulters' poles are among the least-regulated of any Olympicapparatus. The pole can be made of any material or combination of materials and may be of any le...
Yelena Isinbayeva is a legendry Russian pole vaulter who has won 21 gold medals in total, out of which two are from Olympics and three are from World Championships.In addition, Isinbayeva has won four golds in World Indoor Championships, one gold in World Cup, five golds in World Athletics...