The move disqualified him from the final and narrowly missed out on achieving the gold medal. Of course, it didn't take long ...

I was almost there.” The loss was particularly, erm, hard on Ammirati considering he was a firm competitor after nabbing the gold in pole vaulting at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships.

With two failed pole vault attempts at 4.50 meters it looked like Katie Nageotte ... And then she outlasted them all. After clinching the gold, Nageotte went for a new U.S. record in the form of a ...

Anthony Ammirati, the French pole vaulter who went viral for his bulge ... his teammates as they show off their freshly-earned gold medals.