EUGENE, Ore. — The men’s pole vault qualification at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials is not a place frequently mined for shock and controversy, but it provided both Friday night.

Unlike many other sports, pole vault doesn't crush athletes' dreams for one fumble. Instead, pole vaulters get three attempts ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's Pole Vault - Final - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 3, 2021. Armand Duplantis of Sweden celebrates with his national flag after winning gold REUTERS ...

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With two failed pole vault attempts at 4.50 meters it looked like Katie Nageotte’s Olympic journey was over early. Contending with evident wind conditions, Nageotte and the 14 other women competing in ...

Anthony Ammirati, the French pole vaulter who went viral for his bulge at the 2024 Paris Olympics, is back on the track and looking jacked. Ammirati, 21, posted a duo of shirtless pictures via ...

Lafayette, Louisiana-born Swede Armand "Mondo" Duplantis is in rarified air. He can win an Olympic gold medal and still be, if only for a fleeting moment, slightly disappointed with his performance.

Mondo Duplantis broke the men’s pole vault world record for an 11th time, clearing 6.27 meters (20 feet, 6 3/4 inches) at an indoor competition in Clermont-Ferrand, France, on Friday. Duplantis, a ...

PARIS (Reuters) -Sweden's Mondo Duplantis retained his Olympic pole vault title with ludicrous ease on Monday, needing only four successful attempts to take gold with 6.00 metres, before clearing ...