When junior high school student Osamu Takeda saw a pole vaulter at a track and field competition for the first time, he found himself lifted to a natural high in wonderment. On an early summer ...

The bronze medal by Newman is the first medal won by any Canadian pole vaulter since William Halpenny took bronze in the ...

Credit: AFP/Getty Images An American pole vaulter took his patriotism to the next level at the Olympics. Sam Kendricks, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve and an Olympic pole vaulter ...