When Erica Fraley first started pole vaulting, her high school coach was worried she wouldn’t be able to succeed. Fraley had ...

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 ...

By Jacques Treiner - Theoretical Physicist, Université Paris Cité On July 5, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Armand ...

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 ...

A great pole vaulter has to be fast, powerful and precise to propel himself two stories high using only a stick. The greatest ...

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 ...

Allison Stokke is an American pole vaulter who has a net worth of $5 million. It should be noted that the majority of Allison Stokke's net worth is attributable to her husband, professional golfer ...

With two failed pole vault attempts at 4.50 meters it looked like Katie Nageotte’s Olympic journey was over early. Contending with evident wind conditions, Nageotte and the 14 other women competing in ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines – “A good and bad time to be a pole vaulter.” Filipino Olympic pole vaulter EJ Obiena had nothing but praises for World No. 1 pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, who has been ...