Pole vault is a track and field event in which athletes attempt to clear a horizontal bar by sprinting down a runway and using a pole to catapult themselves into the air. The athlete who clears the ...

The world record holder in the men's pole vault fell short — by the graze of his shirt — of topping his all-time mark of 6.18m (20 ft 3.3 in.) at the Tokyo Olympics with three missed attempts at 6.19, ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis capped a “beautiful season” with a meet record in the Diamond League Final on ...

Some people hold their breath at the sight of anyone attempting to pole vault. A smaller number see that and think, “Why not me?” To pull off a pole vault jump, you sprint down a runway while ...

Pole vaulting is one of the most graceful, beautiful events in the sports world. Unfortunately, it is also quickly racking up a reputation as one of the most dangerous. Three deaths already this ...

This year’s Lausanne Diamond League will once again give the pole vault its own slot and it will be held away from the main stadium Every host on the Diamond League circuit provides its own ...

A great pole vaulter has to be fast ... Noah Lyles carried with him an emblem of his lowest. As he packed for the Paris ...

From Lafayette, Louisiana but representing Sweden in the Summer Games, the pole vaulter catapulted himself into stardom in Paris when he won gold in the men's pole vault while setting the new ...

CHORZOW, Poland — Armand Duplantis has broken the world record in the pole vault again, this time clearing 6.26 meters in a Diamond League meet in Poland on Sunday. Duplantis, a Lafayette native ...

When junior high school student Osamu Takeda saw a pole vaulter at a track and field competition for the first time, he found himself lifted to a natural high in wonderment. On an early summer ...

Armand Duplantis, of Sweden, competes in the men's pole vault final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) Armand Duplantis ...

Watch as Sweden's Armand Duplantis breaks his own world record in the men's pole vault final and wins gold at Paris 2024 Olympics. READ MORE: Olympics 2024: Awesome Hodgkinson blows field away to ...