the pole vault
noun
: an athletic event in which people compete by using a pole to jump over a bar that is high above the ground
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Meanwhile, Duplantis has set 10 world records in the pole vault, starting with a height of 6.17m in 2020 and concluding, for now, with 6.25m at Paris 2024 and 6.26m in the Diamond League in Poland less than three weeks later.
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Jamie Barton, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
In the pole vault, Katie Moon — the reigning champion from the Tokyo Games — took silver.
—Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
Even with this medal, France remains without an Olympic gold on the track since Lavillenie won the pole vault in 2012.
—Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024
For a time, Lavillenie, who is two and a half inches shorter than Bubka, and his takeoff threatened to rewrite the equations of the pole vault.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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Jamie Barton, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
In the pole vault, Katie Moon — the reigning champion from the Tokyo Games — took silver.
—Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
Even with this medal, France remains without an Olympic gold on the track since Lavillenie won the pole vault in 2012.
—Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024
For a time, Lavillenie, who is two and a half inches shorter than Bubka, and his takeoff threatened to rewrite the equations of the pole vault.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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“The pole vault.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20pole%20vault. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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