Some people hold their breath at the sight of anyone attempting to pole vault. A smaller number see that and think, “Why not me?” To pull off a pole vault jump, you sprint down a runway while holding ...

Pole vault is a track and field event in which athletes attempt to clear a horizontal bar by sprinting down a runway and using a pole to catapult themselves into the air. The athlete who clears the ...

While Anthony Ammirati didn’t earn a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, he became an overnight internet sensation after his “big bulge” got in the way of his success. The French pole vaulter was ...

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 ...

The latest social media sensation coming out of the Paris Olympics is a French pole vaulter who experienced a eye grabbing, NSFW mishap during a qualifying event. In the hopes of making it to the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (WVLA) — A Swedish-American ...

McGee eclipsed Casey Carrigan's 56-year-old all-time best high school mark in Washington with his vault of 17 feet, 5 inches last week in his final home meet Camas' senior Chase McGee set the all-time ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WVLA) — A Swedish-American athlete from Louisiana has set a new world record in pole vaulting at the Olympics — and the celebration in the Stade de France was quite a sight to behold ...