When Armand Duplantis stepped onto the runway at the Mondo Classic, his Swedish home crowd didn't just cheer - they willed him to fly. But even champions have their limits.

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FOLLOWING ON HIS 3-World Record 2024 outdoor campaign with two more flights above 20 feet in a short, sweet indoor... Read ...

APELDOORN, Netherlands (AP) — Peter “Gramps” Dejong has been based in Amsterdam for The Associated since March 1989. He has ...

Greek Olympian in pole vault Emmanouil Karalis, won the first gold medal for Greece at the European Indoor Championships ...

These athletes are practicing a sport that can be traced back to ancient times — pole vault. After making their jump, each vaulter receives feedback from Roy Willits, Jr., a former pole vaulter ...

Fort Defiance's Jeffrey McLaughlin won the Class 2 boys pole vault with a height of 13-feet-6. On the girls side, Stuarts Draft's Anna Callo also won first place in the Class 2 pole vault event ...

Uppsala (Sweden) (AFP) – Pole vault superstar Armand Duplantis was unable to further improve his own world record in front of his adoring home fans on Thursday, failing three times to clear an ...