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He is known for his emotional antics after a successful vault. He played his pole like a guitar after his silver medal vault. [2] On Friday, January 29, 2010, he officially retired from pole vaulting at the 2010 National Pole Vault Summit in Reno, NV. From February, 2014, he is working as Head of Activity for Hammarby Athletics in Stockholm ...
With the crowd eagerly watching and clapping in unison, over the next 20 minutes Duplantis made three attempts, but as in all pole vault competitions, they either end in withdrawal or failure. Duplantis failed to set a new record on this night.
Zach McWhorter (born 7 January 1999) is an American pole vaulter. [5] At the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships he placed second behind Olympic silver medalist Chris Nilsen, with a clearance of 5.86 m.
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 ... Ammirati did not ultimately qualify for the pole vault final ...
The Division II pole vault national champion knew from others’ horror stories that a dwindling number of airlines were still willing to carry poles and that they were too long and cumbersome to ...
While Ammirati has skyrocketed to stardom, other pole vaulters have made names for themselves during the competition. Swedish-American athlete Armand “Mondo” Duplantis cleared the 6.19m jump ...
The tip of the vaulting pole is angled higher than eye level until three paces from takeoff, when the pole tip descends efficiently, amplifying run speed as the pole is planted into the vault box. The faster the vaulter can run and the more efficient their take-off is, the greater the kinetic energy that can be achieved and used during the vault.
The pole-vault final is on Aug. 5, and thanks to both his American connections—he grew up in Lafayette, La., and attended LSU., where he was buddies with sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, for a ...