For a mind-boggling ninth time, 24-year-old Swede Mondo Duplantis has broken his own pole vault world record ... his second Olympic medal after a bronze at the 2016 Rio Games. Greece's Emmanouil ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Greek pole vaulter Eleni-Klaoudia Polak has been provisionally suspended from the Paris Olympics after failing a doping test, the International Olympic Committee has said. Polak, 27, competed in ...

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Unlike many other sports, pole vault doesn't crush athletes' dreams for one fumble. Instead, pole vaulters get three attempts ...

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 ...

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