A strange thing happened in the men’s pole vault at the European Athletics Championships last month in Berlin. Well, three strange things. The first: 18-year-old Mondo Duplantis put the beatdown on a slew of experienced professional athletes—including world record holder Renaud Lavillenie of France—to win his first senior-level European Championship…
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…
A proper diet is essential if you truly want a lean athletic physique. Many people think all they need to do is work hard in the gym and they will be all set, they are mistaken. Diet is actually more important than the time in the gym and it is…
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…
7-4-10, 7-5-17 When the number of entries dictates, the games committee may assign competitors to flights of no less than five competitors for preliminary competition or may conduct the event in continuous flights. In continuing flights, the first five competitors as determined by the games committee constitute a flight. As a…
