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...
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 ...
Canadian pole vaulter Alysha Newman twerked after her historic bronze medal win at the Paris Olympics 2024. See the reaction here.
The Swedish-American pole vaulter took home gold and then some at the 2024 Paris Olympics. After remaining entirely unbothered throughout the event, he secured the medal and the Olympic record. Then, he continued to compete against himself and his previous world record. On his third attempt, ...
The Olympic and world champ pole vaulter captured the event named for himself once again in Uppsala, Sweden. American KC Lightfoot also cleared 5.92m, but lost out on attempts. See the full results. (2023 Getty Images) Armand "Mondo" Duplan...
Duplantis began the night in a back-and-forth battle with U.S. pole vaulter Sam Kendricks, but left the American behind by clearing the six-meter mark. With the gold secured, Duplantis wanted to set the Olympic record, so he set the bar at 6.10 meters and cleared it on the first att...
After an injury-hit year coupled with increased expectations from being the reigning champion and double Worlds gold medallist, the Paris 2024 silver medallist told Olympics.com she was more than content with settling for silver behind her "just amazing"
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Therefore, it is the "AIR STRIKE" pole vault philosophy that, if only for the sake of the athlete's SAFETY, the student vaulter MUST MASTER A SPECIFIC LEVEL OF "AIR STRIKE" POLE VAULT TECHNIQUE ON FLEXIBLE "UNIFORM DIAMETER" POLES prior to ever attempting "FULL VAULTS" on today's HIGH-...
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