France will begin testing electric air taxis in coming months at a hub outside Paris with the goal of having two dedicated flight paths to ferry passengers in time for the 2024 summer Olympics. One route would link Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Le Bourget airports and the other would be…
Chris Nilsen, 2020 Olympic silver medalist and former USD pole vaulter, is honored during a homecoming rally held Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, at the Munster University Center on the University of South Dakota campus in Vermillion. Nilsen vaulted 5.97 meters, a personal best, Tuesday at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games…
Sweden’s Angelica Bengtsson makes it look easy as she qualifies for the women’s pole vault final event. Sweden’s Bengtsson easily qualifies for pole vault finals READ MORE
World record holder Armand Duplantis did not disappoint his home fans as the Swede won the pole vault with a leap of 6.02 metres. “It was really important for me to just kind of go out here and try to get over six metres, and then maybe take a few…
The third time — in more ways than one — turned out to be the charm for former UL track and field standout Morgann Leleux. The New Iberia native, former All-American at the University of Georgia and 2016 All-American at Louisiana cleared 15 feet, 5 inches on her final attempt…
The World Athletics Doping Review Board has agreed that the applications of 61 Russian athletes have met the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in international competition as neutral athletes in 2021 under Eligibility Rule 3.2 while the Russian national federation (RusAF) remains suspended. These 61 athletes have met the exceptional…
Anna Willis ran her family’s streak to seven consecutive state track and field meets with a pole vault championship when she captured the 3A title on Friday afternoon. The Classical Academy freshman cleared 12-foot-6 to overtake Kourtney Rathke of Peak to Peak. She then moved the bar up to 12-10…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two Kansas City natives are headed to the Olympics! Park Hill graduate Chris Nilsen took first place in the pole vault Olympic Trials on Monday night with a 5.9-meter (or 19 feet, 4.25 inch) winning jump to punch his ticket to Tokyo. READ MORE
Branson Ellis was a standout pole vaulter at what is now Tyler Legacy High School. He’s carried over his success to the collegiate level at Stephen F. Austin. Late on Wednesday night in Eugene, Oregon, Ellis cleared a height of 18-8.25 to win the NCAA national championship in the pole…
Pole vaulting is a kind of flying of sorts with athletes being released via torque off a bending pole. That thrill has propelled Veronica Waugaman to new record heights. The North Ridgeville junior set a Lorain County record for girls pole vault May 14 at the Southwestern Conference meet with…
