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 ...

For Australia's Kurtis Marschall, his men's pole vault final was one of those events ... The best eight jumps in history belong to the Swede, and the only thing left to decide in Paris, apart ...

Pole vaulting is one of the most graceful, beautiful events in the sports world. Unfortunately, it is also quickly racking up a reputation as one of the most dangerous. Three deaths already this ...