World silver medallist Mondo Duplantis narrowly missed setting a world record but still cleared a season leading 6.00 metres to win the pole vault at the World Athletics Indoor Tour meeting in Dusseldorf on Tuesday. The American-born Swede was bidding for a world record 6.17 metres when he brushed off…
Rising pole vault star Kurtis Marschall was devastated at missing last year’s World Championships, but believes his long stint on the sidelines could end up being a blessing in disguise. The 22-year-old, who will be competing off a full run-up for the first time since February last year, is hoping…
When Claudio Michel Stecchi started to struggle with injury problems after the 2019 indoor season, the late scheduling of the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 appeared to be a blessing in disguise for the Italian pole vaulter. Nine days later, Stecchi was on the runway at Khalifa International Stadium…
Russian female athletes Maria Lasitskene and Anzhelika Sidorova – who both triumphed at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Qatar – have been nominated for the European Athlete of the Year award. Lasitskene delivered a stunning performance, confirming her status as the world’s top high jumper. She cleared a height…
Here’s our list of six athletes who can blaze through records at the 2020 Games—each of their winning marks in Doha is better than the mark that fetched gold at the Rio Olympics in 2016. Kendricks was one of only three people to clear six metres in the pole vault…
With a clutch third attempt clearance at 4.95m, Anzhelika Sidorova prevailed in a titanic battle over Sandi Morris to claim gold in the women’s pole vault. “I felt confident at every height. I just focused on clearing each height on my first attempt because that was the only chance to…
Since 2016, Katerina Stefanidi hasn’t lost a major outdoor title competition: the Olympic title in Rio that year, European crowns in 2016 and 2018, and the world title in London two years ago. With that kind of recent big meet record, would you bet against the 29-year-old Greek star to…
Canadian pole vaulter Alysha Newman broke her own national indoor record on Saturday, clearing 4.71 metres en route to a tie for first place in the women’s event at an IAAF indoor meet in Karlsruhe, Germany. Newman, whose previous personal best was a 4.70 from last year’s IAAF indoor world championships in Birmingham, England,…
Yarisley Silva has been Cuba’s leading pole vaulter for more than a decade. The 2015 world champion and equal fifth best vaulter of all time reflects on the highest and lowest moments of her decorated career. HIGH The Olympic silver medal in London (in 2012) marked a turning point in…
The following world records have been ratified… WORLD U20 RECORD Men’s pole vault: 5.95m Armand Duplantis (SWE) Berlin 12 Aug 2018 6.00m Armand Duplantis (SWE) Berlin 12 Aug 2018 6.05m Armand Duplantis (SWE) Berlin 12 Aug 2018 Previous: 5.92m Armand Duplantis (SWE) Austin 31 Mar 2018 Read More
