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The Olympic Games have been featured in numerous sport video games, whether officially licensed by the International Olympic Committee or not. These games often feature several sports and an Olympic theme. Starting with the 1980 Moscow Olympics, an official or unofficial Olympic tie-in video game has been released to coincide with all of the ...
He was the first pole vaulter to clear 6.0 meters and 6.10 meters. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] He held the indoor world record of 6.15 meters, set on 21 February 1993 in Donetsk , Ukraine [ 8 ] for almost 21 years until France's Renaud Lavillenie cleared 6.16 meters on February 15, 2014, at the same meet in the same arena . [ 9 ]
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The earliest recorded pole vaulting competition in England where height was measured took place at the Ulverston Football and Cricket Club, Lancashire, north of the sands, in 1843. [5] Pole vault was one of the athletics events of the inaugural Olympic Games in 1896. [1] Originally, poles were made of ash and from hickory wood.
In spite of its longer history, the men's Olympic event has only seen three world record marks – a clearance of 4.09 m (13 ft 5 in) by Frank Foss at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, Władysław Kozakiewicz's vault of 5.78 m (18 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) to win at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and Armand Duplantis' 2024 winning clearance of 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in).
Launched in 1999, the Neo Geo Pocket Color was SNK’s answer to Nintendo’s Game Boy Color. Though it hoped to revolutionize handheld gaming, the console ultimately fell short due to its shorter ...
Timur Morgunov (born 12 October 1996) is a Russian track and field athlete specialising in the pole vault. As an Authorised Neutral Athlete, he won the silver medal at the 2018 European Athletics Championships. He did not compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics as he was not granted neutral status.
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 like he knocked down the crossbar with his "bulge."