The Canadian athlete couldn't help but celebrate earning her bronze medal in the women's pole vault finals at the 2024 Paris Olympics Aug. 7 by twerking. Alysha—who became the first Canadian ...

A local woman has a unique perspective watching the Paris Olympics, and she’ll take extra interest in the pole vault and ...

With two failed pole vault attempts at 4.50 meters it looked like Katie Nageotte’s Olympic journey was over early. Contending with evident wind conditions, Nageotte and the 14 other women competing in ...

Congratulations and good luck to Olmsted Falls native Katie Nageotte! She is headed to the Tokyo Olympic games after winning the Olympic trials on Saturday in the women’s pole vault.

The athlete who clears the highest bar without knocking the bar down wins. Men's pole vault has been part of every modern Olympics. The women's event made its debut at the 2000 Sydney Games. Why are ...

USA’s Chris Nilsen became the first man to pole vault six metres in 2025, scaling 6.01m to win at the Perch’Xtrem ...

With athletes up and down the field struggling to get anywhere near the pre-tournament qualification height of 4.70m, the women's pole vault ... for an Olympic medal. Katie Moon Of course, we have to ...

Isinbayeva, 34, owns the women’s pole-vaulting world record and won gold ... all of Russia’s track and field athletes from the Rio Olympics. “Let’s be clear: doping is a global issue ...

Today’s player of the week is WKU track and field women’s pole vaulter Sophia Roskoski. The sophomore had a banner day at the ...

In modern athletics, the ten events are: 100 metres, 400 metres, 1500 metres, 110 metre hurdles, long jump, high jump, pole vault ... athlete. Women can only compete in the Olympic heptathlon ...

Description: The sport became an Olympic event in 1896. Largely a male-dominated event, the pole vault graduated from bamboo stick to fibreglass in 1950, that gave the sport more flexibility and ...