Pole vault is a track and field event in which athletes attempt to clear a horizontal bar by sprinting down a runway and using a pole to catapult themselves into the air. The athlete who clears the ...

In 2008, a young Erica Bartolina fixated nervously on a screen. She had just made the U.S. Olympic team after she pole ...

Unlike many other sports, pole vault doesn't crush athletes' dreams for one fumble. Instead, pole vaulters get three attempts ...

For most of us, the thought of running full speed with a pole, planting it into the ground and launching ourselves into the ...