pole vault
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Cassidy Nguyễn from Los Alamitos won the girls’ pole vault at 13 feet and Aliso Niguel’s Dane Malloy won the boys triple jump at 48-5.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
Pool photo: The image - taken during the most exciting competition of the World Athletics Championships - illustrates Sweden's superstar Armand Duplantis' dominance in the pole vault final.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025
World record talk has replaced any discussion of the destination of men's pole vault gold medals since he first succeeded Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie as the world record holder by clearing 6.17m in February 2020.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025
It helped that Duplantis grew up with a pole vault pit in the back garden of his childhood home in Louisiana, with his father Greg a former elite at the discipline.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025
“So what do you want me to do? Coach track? Maybe the high jump? Or the pole vault? I’m a heck of a pole vaulter.”
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
