Yes, three men have vaulted over 20 feet: Sergey Bubka, Renaud Lavillenie and Mondo Duplantis. Bubka first cleared the 6.10m mark in March 1991 and met or exceeded the mark 10 more times. Lavillenie ...

French pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati went viral after people believed his Olympic dreams ended because his bulge knocked down a crossbar, but that wasn't actually the cause.

A viral video shows a botched pole vault attempt by Estonian Olympian Karel Tilga. The failed attempt led to mockery on social media as the jokes flew. “I don’t mean to laugh but this is ...

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.

Anthony Ammirati's pole vault attempt during the Olympic Games went viral because people thought he knocked down the crossbar with his crotch. He later reacted to the buzz with a funny TikTok.

Pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati of France likely didn’t expect what happened as he competed Saturday. He flung himself into the air, maneuvering over the bar until… well, the lump on the front ...

Ruidoso junior Jairdan Pederson clears the bar in pole vault, Friday, at the Warrior Invite. Pederson won the event with a personal best height of 12 feet even.