Lakewood, Ohio native Katie Moon has put herself in the conversation among the greatest female pole vaulters after winning ...

American Katie Moon won a third consecutive women's pole vault world title in Tokyo on Wednesday. Moon, also the Olympic ...

The third day of the ongoing World Athletics Championships was memorable as Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record for the 14th time, with a massive attempt of 6.30 m at Tokyo ...

The 2025 Track and Field World Championships are underway. Sydney McLaughlin Levrone is set to compete in the 400 meter run!

We've got British representation in the men's 400m and 110m hurdles heats, Josh Kerr in the men's 1500m semi-finals, and ...

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Reigning Olympic gold medal pole vaulter Nina Kennedy has suffered another injury on the eve of a World Championship push.

THREE big names from the world’s list of top pole vaulters are heading to the Philippines to compete in the Atletang Ayala World Pole Vault Challenge slated from September 20 to 21 at the Ayala ...

KOCKENGEN, Netherlands — 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 athletes ...

The Dutch sport of “fierljeppen” sees athletes hoist themselves up and over canals on slender carbon poles in the Netherlands countryside. If they get it right, they land in the sand on the ...

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 ...