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Three weeks after earning a gold medal and setting a world record at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Armand Duplantis keeps making history. On Sunday, the 24-year-old Swedish pole vaulter set yet another ...
The Division II pole vault national champion knew from others’ horror stories that a dwindling number of airlines were still willing to carry poles and that they were too long and cumbersome to ...
Armand Duplantis of Sweden in action while winning the gold medal and breaking the world record jumping 6.25m during the Men's Pole Vault Final during the Athletics Competition at the Stade de ...
The tip of the vaulting pole is angled higher than eye level until three paces from takeoff, when the pole tip descends efficiently, amplifying run speed as the pole is planted into the vault box. The faster the vaulter can run and the more efficient their take-off is, the greater the kinetic energy that can be achieved and used during the vault.
Almost a year later, Kennedy and Moon returned to an international stage on Wednesday night for the Olympic women’s pole vault final. They fittingly arrived in Paris as the co-favorites to win ...
The men's pole vault at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 3 and 5 August 2024 at Stade de France. This was the 30th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics . Sweden's Armand Duplantis won his second consecutive Olympic gold medal, setting a world record of 6.25 metres (20 ft 6 in).
The latest social media sensation coming out of the Paris Olympics is a French pole vaulter who experienced a eye-grabbing, NSFW mishap during a qualifying event.. In the hopes of making it to the ...
The first world record in the men's pole vault was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. [1]As of April 20, 2024, 80 world records have been ratified by the IAAF (now World Athletics) in the event.