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Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ancient Egyptians, ancient Greeks and the ancient Irish people, although modern pole vaulting, an athletic ...
The pole vault at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. 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 ...
American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks recalled learning the hard way that Air France will take only two sets of poles on one flight. That means if three pole vaulters book the same Air France flight ...
Brazil. The men's pole vault event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 31 July and 3 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [ 1 ] 29 athletes from 18 nations competed. [ 2 ] Armand Duplantis of Sweden won gold, with Christopher Nilsen of the United States earning silver and Thiago Braz of Brazil taking bronze.
Three weeks after earning a gold medal and setting a world record at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Armand Duplantis keeps making history. On Sunday, the 24-year-old Swedish pole vaulter set yet another ...
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 ...
Pole vault. Armand "Mondo" Duplantis (born 10 November 1999) [3] is a Swedish-American pole vaulter who is regarded as the greatest pole vaulter of all time. [4][5] Duplantis is the world outdoor and indoor record holder (6.26 metres or 20 feet 6 inches, and 6.22 metres or 20 feet 5 inches, respectively). He is a two-time Olympic (2020 and 2024 ...
The greatest compliment to Duplantis is that Tuesday’s pole vault competition didn’t really get interesting until after he’d already won gold. Only then did the French crowd turn its full ...