The World Athletics Championships begin today in Tokyo with track and field’s finest competing for 147 medals across 49 ...

Olympic pole vault gold medalist Nina Kennedy will miss the World Track and Field Championships that start next week after straining a leg muscle in training. Kennedy, a 28-year-old Australian, was ...

SYDNEY, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Australia's Olympic and world champion pole vaulter Nina Kennedy has pulled out of this month's World Athletics Championships in Tokyo because of a leg injury. Kennedy, who ...

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 ...

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 ...