Pole Vault

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WITH YAWNING DISTANCE between his yellow Swedish bodysuit and the bar on five straight clearances, Mondo Duplantis made taking gold... Read More

Pole Vault #framebyframe

We’re back riding round on the Olympics horse again today, with a look at the wacky world of pole vaulting – one of those Olympic sports that has precious little application outside of …

Utah Pole Vault Academy on Instagram: "Are vaulters sprinters? Yes, yes they are! JV meets are fun. And meant to instill the fun of track and field in athletes while developing them as athletes. We decided to remind the athletes that track and field is fun by doing a vaulter 4x100m relay with @ucs_spirit poles as batons. It’s a lot easier to run fast with a pole when you’re chasing it as it falls. But it’s not too bad passing it like a baton. Not our first time doing it, definitely not our…

Angelica Bengtsson pole vault by Supersport

Leslie and Mary Beth and I went down to Webster Groves to watch the fireworks last night. Unfortunately, I didn't get any good shots of the fireworks (and like a minute in, decided that I didn't really have the right equipment with me for it, so I tried the novel approach of putting my camera away and actually watching the fireworks instead of taking pictures of them). But fortunately, before the fireworks, there was a little pole vaulting competition happening nearby. So I went and got some…