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French pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati’s pursuit of Olympic gold ended on Saturday, August 3 — but he’s blessed with quite the consolation prize. The 21-year-old Olympian went viral after he ...
The latest social media sensation coming out of the Paris Olympics is a French pole vaulter who experienced a eye-grabbing, NSFW mishap during a qualifying event.. In the hopes of making it to the ...
The men’s pole vault was Ammirati’s only event at the 2024 Olympics. He previously came in second place at the 2022 Mediterranean Games and in first at that year’s World Athletics U20 ...
The men's pole vault at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 3 and 5 August 2024 at Stade de France. This was the 30th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics. Sweden's Armand Duplantis won his second consecutive Olympic gold medal, setting a world record of 6.25 metres (20 ft 6 in).
French athlete Anthony Ammirati was getting in his own way at the Summer 2024 Olympics.. The 21-year-old pole vaulter missed out on the chance to win an Olympic medal on Saturday, Aug. 3, after he ...
In spite of its longer history, the men's Olympic event has only seen three world record marks – a clearance of 4.09 m (13 ft 5 in) by Frank Foss at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, Władysław Kozakiewicz's vault of 5.78 m (18 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) to win at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and Armand Duplantis' 2024 winning clearance of 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in).
For the women's pole vault event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 4.73 m (15 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) or higher or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [7]
The French pole vaulter went viral on Aug. 3 after a video of one of his pole vault attempts from the Paris Olympics made it appear like he knocked down the ... The 22 best Hanukkah gifts of 2024.