Follow our Olympics coverage in the lead-up to the Paris Games. For most of Olympic history, the United States dominated men’s pole vault — which has been part of the Games since the inaugural event ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Against all odds, Anthony Ammirati has become one of the faces of the 2024 Summer Olympics without even coming close to the podium ...

Pole vaulting is one of the more outlandish Olympic events. The primary instruments of the sport are curious creations—big sticks, between 10 and 17 feet in length, that certain track & field ...

The pole vault is a difficult event to master, but New Richmond sophomore Grant Harrison and junior Samantha Ringhand are making it look easy. So much work goes into a successful vault. The speed and ...

Pole vaulting is highly technical – not to mention fear-inducing at times. It requires more than running down a runway with a long pole in hand and then propelling off said pole over a bar three times ...

There is running, there is jumping, there is throwing things. And then there is the pole vault. On the one hand, it’s totally part of the fabric: on the climactic, final afternoon of the first modern ...

Lucas senior Rebekah Case and Crestview junior Liam Kuhn held a joint practice to prepare for the OHSAA Division III State Track and Field Championships. Both Case and Kuhn are two-time All-Ohio pole ...

Despite financial hardships and competing with borrowed equipment, Karnataka's G Sindhushree shattered India's pole vault record to secure her place at the 2026 Asian Games while fulfilling her late ...

As you head east on Grant Road near Mountain Avenue on Monday and Thursday evenings, you’ll spot something soaring through the air in the backyard of a midtown home. While zipping down the road, it ...

WOODSBORO, Texas — Pole vault in track and field might look intimidating, but with a good coach and the right gear a determined athlete can reach new heights. The Barn coach Kevin Hall is hoping to ...