APELDOORN, Netherlands (AP) — Peter “Gramps” Dejong has been based in Amsterdam for The Associated since March 1989. He has ...

Pole vaulting is one of the most graceful ... safety improvements because they are the only conscionable course of action, or they can sit back and wait until their legislators and insurance ...

Kansas City, Mo.? Pole-vaulting isn’t considered a lifetime sport. But Don Livasy has a different viewpoint — one from eight to 10 feet in the air. At age 72, he’s still flying over the bar ...

(CNN)-- There are few sports that are so dominated by a single person like the way the women's pole vault is ruled by 26-year Russian Yelena Isinbayeva. Every time the world and Olympic champion ...

"I never imagined there was such a sport." When Takeda pleaded with the club supervisor that he wanted to try pole vaulting, the advisor procured a bamboo pole. Takeda spread out a mat on a ...

Two weeks on after breaking the men's pole vault world record for the 11th time, Swedish-American pole-vaulter Armand Duplantis will be seen in action at the Mondo Classic 2025 event in Uppsala ...