When prep pole vault phenom Mondo Duplantis leapt 6.05m to win the 2018 European Championships back in August, it soon became clear that the teen had set the American record by way of a technicality. Despite competing internationally for Sweden, Duplantis was eligible for U.S. record purposes since he was a U.S.…
Reverberations from 18-year-old Mondo Duplantis’ electrifying 6.05m pole vault clearance on Sunday at the 2018 European Championships are still being felt, and among them is the peculiar question of whether the mark will be ratified as an American record. Duplantis, who owns dual American and Swedish citizenship, smashed his own…
Lafayette High pole vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis is already one of the most legendary competitors in the history of high school track & field. Ever. And not just in Louisiana. How much longer Duplantis gets to add to his legacy depends on a decision the LSU signee must make at…
Olivia Gruver won the NCAA pole vault championship last spring with a vault of 14 feet, 9 inches as a sophomore at Kentucky. Her ascent began at Franklin, where she won three state titles, but it also received something of a boost during that time. Indians girls coach Paul Hannsen said Gruver…
Despite its apolitical ideals, the Olympic Games have historically drawn many a political cause to its global stage. The 1972 Munich Summer Olympics will be most remembered not for its athletic exploits, but for the politically motivated massacre of 11 Israeli team members by the Palestinian terrorist faction known as…
MAEBASHI, Japan (AP) – International track and field officials might have to reconsider a pole vault rule that gave France’s Jean Galfione the title over American Jeff Hartwig at the World Indoor Championships. The controversial rule came into question Saturday night when Galfione, the 1996 Olympic gold medalist, touched the…
