An extreme stunt combines pole vaulting with the raw height of a cliff, sending athletes soaring into the air before plunging into open space, blending precision, strength, and courage in a ...

EJ Obiena, the Philippines’ world-class pole vaulter ranked among the top athletes globally, prepares for the Atletang Ayala World Pole Vault Challenge in Makati City. This landmark event, presented ...

KOCKENGEN, Netherlands (AP) — A split second of flight, then a landing on the sand — or a splashdown in a canal. That's the thrill of the Dutch sport of “fierljeppen” — far leaping — which sees ...

MELBOURNE, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Olympic pole vault champion Nina Kennedy will defend her world title in Tokyo without a single lead-up competition, coming in cold after a long injury layoff that has her ...

Qatar’s athletics team added four more medals including one gold, two silver, and a bronze on Tuesday at the 11th Arab U-18 Athletics Championship in Tunisia, bringing their total to five with one day ...

GALT, Calif. — Andrew Meredith, a former Galt mayor and U.S. Army veteran, died Saturday at age 45. The Glenn County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Meredith's passing to ABC10. His cause of death is ...

Aug 13 (Reuters) - Pole vault sensation Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis said he was excited to be part of the growth of athletics after the two-time Olympic champion was handed an ambassadorial role for next ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Mondo Duplantis raised his pole vault world record to 6.29 meters at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial meet in Budapest on Tuesday. The Olympic and world champion added a centimeter ...

Pole vault superstar Mondo Duplantis set his 13th world record with a 6.29m* clearance to highlight the Istvan Gyulai Memorial – a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting – in Budapest on ...

Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis has broken the men’s pole vault world record for a 13th time. Duplantis, the two-time Olympic gold medalist, cleared 6.29 meters (20 feet, 7 1/2 inches) at a meet in Budapest, ...