Pole vaulting requires speed, strength, gymnastic ability, and a no-fear attitude. Watch as Fort LeBoeuf’s pole vaulter Gabrielle Harrington and pole vault coach Justin Blose demonstrate the basics of the pole vault. FROM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u_MthmY2oI
Former British pole vault record holder Kate Dennison has announced her retirement from athletics. The 28-year-old finished sixth at the World Championships in 2009 and won bronze at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. But her London 2012 Olympic campaign ended in disappointment when she dropped out after injuring herself trying to clear…
2009, Zurich, Switzerland – Womens Pole Vault, Yelena Isinbayeva missed at the world championships, but is back in form as she breaks her own world record again, at 5.06 meters.
PARIS — Former world and Olympic champion Stacy Dragila ended her 14-year pole vaulting career with a second-place finish at the DecaNation athletics meet on Wednesday. The 38-year-old American won gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, the first games in which women competed in the pole vault, and is…
A French pole vaulting champion has run naked with his pole through the streets of Paris and posted the video on the Internet, in an attempt to secure a new sponsorship deal. Romain Mesnil, 31, who won a silver medal at the 2007 Athletics World Championships in Osaka, used to…
