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This new rule was not applied retroactively. The introduction in the early 1950s of flexible vaulting poles made from composites such as fiberglass or carbon fiber allowed vaulters to achieve greater height. [1] [2] [3] The present record of 6.26 m (20 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) was set by Armand Duplantis, competing for Sweden at the Silesia Diamond ...
On 25 February, at the All Star Perche pole vault meeting in the central French city of Clermont-Ferrand, Duplantis vaulted 5.88 m (19 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) vault to better the pending world U20 indoor record of 5.78 m set by Emmanouil Karalis of Greece on 11 February. The 18-year-old first topped 5.81 m on his first attempt before improving the ...
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.
The 24-year-old, who one publication called "the Timothée Chalamet of the pole vault," cleared a record 6.25 meters, the equivalent of 20.5 feet, on his final vault. The mark beat his own world ...
The 24-year-old cleared the bar at 6.24 meters, a full eight centimeters higher than anyone else has ever achieved and, further underlining his dominance, more than 40 centimeters higher than his ...
Backed by a deafening roar from those in the stands, the Swedish pole vault star broke his own world record with a giant clearance of 6.25 meters at the third and final time of asking.
The following is the Men's pole vault indoor world record progression starting from 1889, with additional demonstration and professional records being noted. The best indoor performances on record as agreed to by the world's leading statisticians were accepted as the inaugural Indoor World Records from 1 January 1987; previous to this, they were regarded as world indoor bests. [1]
Armand Duplantis broke his own world record in the pole vault when he cleared 6.24 meters Saturday at the season-opening Diamond League meet in China. Sweden's Duplantis told a pre-meet news ...