abnormally close to your face after "strike." With the unbent pole close to your face it becomes far more difficult to position your "grip" properly than during the full application of "horizontal flexed pole rotation" where flexible poles "bow" smoothly to the side of the vaulter's "glide...
That Duplantis is enjoying his time as an elite pole vaulter is partly evidenced in the friendship he has forged with fellow competitor Lavillenie. The two first met in 2013 and have since trained and competed alongside each other. Lavillenie, the previous world record holder who is 13 ...