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The men's pole vault has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's event is one of the latest additions to the programme, first being contested at the 2000 Summer Olympics – along with the addition of the hammer throw, this brought the women's field event programme to parity with the ...
In the final, 4.60 proved to be the end of the line as both returning Olympic medalists from 2012, Suhr and Silva topped out. They left tied with one miss each. 2012 bronze medalist Yelena Isinbayeva did not return because Russia's athletics team was suspended from international competition for state-sponsored doping .
The earliest recorded pole vaulting competition in England where height was measured took place at the Ulverston Football and Cricket Club, Lancashire, north of the sands, in 1843. [5] Pole vault was one of the athletics events of the inaugural Olympic Games in 1896. [1] Originally, poles were made of ash and from hickory wood.
Almost a year later, Kennedy and Moon returned to an international stage on Wednesday night for the Olympic women’s pole vault final. They fittingly arrived in Paris as the co-favorites to win ...
Nageotte became the third American woman to win pole vault at the Olympics, and her road was anything but smooth. Olympics: Kate Nageotte's wild journey to pole vault gold medal [Video] Skip to ...
The women's pole vault at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 16 and 18 at the Beijing National Stadium. [ 1 ] The qualifying standards were 4.45 m (A standard) and 4.30 m (B standard).
PARIS — A few months before she traveled to the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials earlier this summer, pole vaulter Brynn King began researching how to transport her poles from Rochester, New ...
The women's pole vault competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4–6 August. [ 1 ] In the qualifying round, the 12 competitors who cleared 4.55 went into the final.