One study found that out of 34 pole vault deaths studied, 32 could have been prevented by using a pit at that size. The sizable cost, however, has caused many institutions to try to slide by with ...

Pole vault sensation Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis said he was excited to be part of the growth of athletics after the two-time ...

QUEST TO MAKE POLE VAULTING MORE ACCESSIBLE And that was all the more reason Takeda felt frustrated by the fact that all poles commercially available in Japan were made overseas.

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 ...

Teenage pole vaulter Richard Humby couldn’t find anywhere to train for the London 2012 Olympics – so he built his own £2,000 practice pit at home.

Last Aug. 7, Alysha Newman won Canada's first-ever Olympic medal in women's pole vault, earning bronze with a jump of 4.85m. It was also the first Olympic medal by a Canadian in the sport since ...

Tamil Nadu pole vaulters Reegan G. and M. Gowtham, once training with bamboo poles, share a rare gold in Chennai — an inspiring story of grit and dreams.