Swedish pole vault star Armand "Mondo" Duplantis put on a show on Aug. 5 on his way to setting a world record to draw a roar from a crowd that was chanting his name at Stade de France.

Moberg’s death is believed to be the second in the nation since then. The Associated Press reported that from 1983 to 2000 there was an average of one pole-vault death a year.

An athlete’s death at the Big Ten indoor track-and-field championships last month forced conference officials to cancel the remainder of the meet. Kevin Dare, a pole vaulter for Pennsylvania ...

Maybe something good will come out of Penn State pole vaulter Kevin Dare's death in a freak accident on Saturday. - Post Bulletin | Rochester Minnesota news, weather, sports ADVERTISEMENT ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Legendary pole vaulter Bob Richards, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and member of the National Track & Field Hall of Fame who was the first athlete to appear on the front of a ...

(Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) Pole Vault World Champion Shawn Barber has died at the age of 29. On Thursday, Akron Track & Field announced the news of Barber’s passing in a statement.

Shawn Barber, the Canadian pole vault record holder and 2015 world champion, has died from medical complications. He was 29. Barber died Wednesday at home in Kingwood, Texas, his agent, Paul Doyle ...

Bob Richards, the first person to win two Olympic pole vault gold medals, has died at age 97, according to USA Track and Field. Richards “passed in his sleep peacefully surrounded by loved ones,” ...

He won young — Welborn earned the Georgia High School Association pole vault championship with Dublin High School, clearing 11 feet, 10 1/2 inches to set the Class A record on May 1, 1959 at ...

Bob Richards, the only male two-time winner of the Olympic pole vault, who in the 1950s became a hero of American Cold War competition with the Soviet Union and a breakfast-table hero to millions ...