WAYLAND, MI – A 2005 article from USA Today identified pole vaulting as the third-hardest thing to do in all of sports behind only hitting a baseball and driving a racecar. Yet, Wayland freshman Evie ...

Mondo Mania took over Paris during the Olympic pole vault. Swedish pole vault star Armand "Mondo" Duplantis put on a show on Aug. 5 on his way to setting a world record to draw a roar from a crowd ...

STOCKHOLM, June 15 (Reuters) - Sweden's Armand Duplantis said he was looking forward to a night on the town with former sprint king Usain Bolt after setting a pole vault world record of 6.28 metres at ...

BLOOMINGTON — Isaiah Whitaker had just come off Bill Hundman Memorial Stadium's field after Central Catholic High School's morning football practice earlier this week. Another sport season was ...

In the pole vault final, Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis not only won gold with a 6.25-meter jump — he set a world record with the feat at the Paris Olympics on Monday. With the crowd from Stade de France in ...

Pole vaulting is one of the more outlandish Olympic events. The primary instruments of the sport are curious creations—big sticks, between 10 and 17 feet in length, that certain track & field ...