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

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 ...

Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis capped a “beautiful season” with a meet record in the Diamond League Final on Friday that was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Filipino Olympian and pole vaulter EJ Obiena is having an eventful 2024 pole vault season. Despite narrowly missing the podium in the 2024 Paris Olympics, Obiena said he will bounce back and look to ...