Pole Vaulting isn’t a very common sport among women, it’s an extreme sport with many injuries and constant danger; for Emma Rudolph it’s an everyday activity that she enjoys more than anything else.

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.

American-born pole vaulter Armand "Mondo" Duplantis broke a world record for a ninth time at the Paris Olympics on Monday and brought home a gold medal for Sweden. The Louisiana-born 24-year-old ...

Pole Vaulting has been an Olympic track and field event since 1896. In 2000, women were finally allowed to compete in the event. On a quiet street in the Switzerland neighborhood, people may ...

Of competing in pole vault events held on city streets. Of wearing the red and white of her birth nation in an Olympics. The first is in Lily Carlson’s immediate future.

In February 2020, when Duplantis set the world record for pole-vaulting, he was on top of the world and was an Olympic favorite. Then the pandemic hit. Photographed at home in Lafayette, Louisiana.

She’s officially committed to continue her pole vaulting career at Texas A&M. But her ambition doesn’t end there. “My dream is to compete for Austria,” Carlson said.

Xinhua/Sipa USA But Moon quickly matched Kennedy’s feat, and then, the two pole vaulters missed all three attempts when the bar was raised to 4.95 meters, or 16 feet and 2 3/4 inches.

Pole vault sensation Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis, crowned World Sportsman of the Year at the Laureus Awards, says no competitor in history could match him jump for jump.