When the great Native American multisports star Jim Thorpe blew away his competition in the decathlon at the 1912 Olympic Games, Sweden’s King Gustaf V — a pretty fine tennis player, by the way — reportedly grabbed the champion’s hand, shook it and declared, “Sir, you are the greatest athlete…
Renaud Lavillenie has the hollow cheeks of a man who doesn’t weigh an ounce more than he needs. He puffs them gently before each vault attempt, as if the extra breath could make him lighter, as if the little air could lift him higher. Then he takes the end of…
The IAAF mourns the death of the famed distance runner Ron Clarke, who has died at the age of 78. Clarke died in a Gold Coast hospital after a short illness on Wednesday morning. He was 78. Among his lifetime achievements, he was a successful businessman, an environmental crusader, the…
Today was an epic day for the crew at Vaulter Magazine as we watched the World Record Holder enjoy some jumping in the sun. Around 4:oo pm we traveled with our club kids (www.vaulter.club) down to the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California, for day two of our picture…
This year in February Lavillenie broke the 21-year-old Sergey Bubka’s world record in the first attempt of 6.16m at the pole vault star meet in Donetsk Ukraine. In November the Frenchmen was voted the 2014 male athlete of the year by IAAF. “We are very pleased with the commitment of…
Renaud Lavillenie, who holds the world record in the pole vault, will compete in this year’s Prefontaine Classic, meet organizers announced on Monday. The 27-year-old from France set the world record of 20 feet 2 1/2 in February. Lavillenie has been the world’s No. 1-ranked vaulter since 2010, and holds…
Jenn Suhr is the new World Record holder in the women’s pole vault indoors. At 5.02 meters, Jenn Suhr has jumped higher than any other women in the world. That, is fact. That the 2008 Olympic silver medalist and now, 2012 Olympic gold medalist at the pole vault is now…
