On July 5, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Armand Duplantis not only secured the gold medal in pole vault, but he did so with a spectacular performance. Facing competitors like Sam Hendricks and ...

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 ...

The pole vault is a track and field event in which an athlete vaults over a 4.5-metre long horizontal bar. The vaulter sprints down a runway, plants a long, flexible pole (usually made of carbon fibre ...