"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 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WVLA) — A Swedish-American athlete from Louisiana has set a new world record in pole vaulting at the ...

Pole vaulting is one of the most graceful, beautiful events in the sports world. Unfortunately, it is also quickly racking up a reputation as one of the most dangerous. Three deaths already this ...

It’s just fun watching people do this and learn.” Willits, who can be spotted iPad in hand, is no stranger to pole vaulting. In the mid-’70s, Willits became the first Tucsonan to clear 15 ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Tori Thomas has been pole vaulting for nearly as long as ... with all the other pole vaulters pretty much free baby sitters” said Chad. With her father coaching her ...

It took time, and baby steps, and belief. And a platform next to the pit. “It bothered her to bend the pole for a while,” said Reilly, who has worked with the Moll sisters since middle school.

The Pole's controversial act prompted tennis fans ... "I’m sure Iga will be crying at the locker room as usual. What a baby she is," a fan wrote. "When Aryna jokingly p**sed in her runner ...