HE is doing his level best to explain away the chunky gold ring he is sporting on his left hand. Perhaps Jax Thoirs, the Scottish pole vaulter, named this week in Team Scotland for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in April, also has another four gold rings somewhere in his possession and…
A University of Washington pole vaulter could go to the Olympics in Rio – if he jumps high enough. Our news partner the Seattle Times reports – Jax Thoirs will try to become the first Husky pole vaulter to win three straight conference titles, this weekend. If he jumps 18-feet-8-inches,…
The Glaswegian, 22, will make victory at this weekend’s UK Championships in Birmingham his top priority with a clearance of 5.65 metres – equal to his Scottish record – likely to be enough to guarantee him a world championship berth in Beijing next month. But Thoirs, currently competing at the…
Commonwealth Games Scotland marked the 300 days to go milestone until the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow by naming the first 23 athletes to be selected to represent Team Scotland. Steph Twell, Eilidh Child and Chris O’Hare are among those to have secured their spots on the team for the Games…
SEATTLE – Husky sophomore-to-be Jax Thoirs continued a busy summer with an eighth-place finish in the pole vault at the European U23 Championships, which wrapped up on Sunday in Tampere, Finland. Thoirs was competing for the Great Britain team, as the native Scotsman set the Scottish National Record on several…
TAMPARE, Finland–University of Washington rising sophomore Jax Thoirs (left/photo by Paul Merca) was one of twelve athletes to advance to Sunday’s finals in the men’s pole vault at the European Under-23 championships Friday. Thoirs cleared 17-6 1/2 (5.35m) on his second attempt to ensure his spot in the finals, after…
When he shot up six inches in a year, even walking was agony. Now he stands 6ft 6in., weighs 14st, and has grown into Scotland’s most successful pole vaulter in 150 years. He has broken the national record three times since his 20th birthday in April, and a 5.50 metres clearance…
