It came down to his final attempt, and the entire crowd at Stade de France clapped in unison one more time. Armand “Mondo” Duplantis had already secured another gold medal in the pole vault at ...

In a summer games full of broken records, Swedish-American pole vaulter Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis breaking his own world record on Monday night in Paris reigns as one of this year’s Olympics ...

Pole vault at the 2024 Paris Olympics takes place on Aug. 3 (men's qualifying), Aug. 5 (men's final and women's qualifying) and Aug. 7 ... Pole vault is a track and field event in which athletes ...

In Wednesday's Paris Olympic women's pole vault final, Canadian Alysha Newman secured a bronze medal finish in her first ever Olympic pole vault final. The bronze medal by Newman is the first ...

Four track and field athletes who shined this past spring for Ponaganset High stepped onto the awards podium for their superb performances during last weekend’s three-day USATF ...

Men's pole vault has been part of every modern Olympics. The women's event made its debut at the 2000 Sydney Games . Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are.

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Pole vault at the 2024 Olympics in Paris continues Aug. 5 and Aug. 7. Here's what to know about the track and field event.

Anzhelika Sidorova of the Russian Olympic Commission earned silver and Holly Bradshaw of Great Britain took bronze. Defending women’s pole vault gold medalist Katerina Stefanidi of Greece, meanwhile, ...

The All-American Texas native transferred to Roberts from Duke specifically to be guided by coaches Jenn Suhr — who struck gold as a pole vaulter in the 2012 London Olympics — and husband Rick ...

Historically, the pole vault was first used to get over canals and marshes. It was simply a matter of maximizing your horizontal distance. In the mid-1800s, some bright guy thought he’d see how ...

Pole vaulting first came to the Olympics in 1896, and has been propelled back into the limelight every four years since. Old Poles. The earliest poles were made from wood, like ash or bamboo.