Vaulting Pole Tips

From vaulting in high school on a vaulting pole made of bamboo, to the modern fiberglass or carbon fiber vaulting poles of today Bud Held has seen the event of pole vaulting evolve over his many years of jumping. At the young age of 80, Bud Held set the world record in his age class [...]

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Great news has just been released. Bryan Clay the 2008 Olympic gold medal Decathlon winner will be the next Wheaties Box Athlete, according to a report given in the Business Journal of Minneapolis, St. Paul.
In an earlier that post was made at Vaulting Pole Tips, Bryan Clay was spotlighted for his Decathlon gold medal victory. [...]

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As I was reading my daily dose of Pole Vaulting news, searching for the most recent and impressive vaulting pole tips, I stumbled upon a real treasure. This treasure was about Derek Miles.

Most of the media has been concerned with the pole vaulting drama that occurred during the Olympics, and the Olympic pole vaulters who [...]

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The sport of pole vaulting has always had an unusual flare for attracting some pretty strange characters. I guess the thought of propelling yourself through the air at lightening speed leaves something to the imagination of those who are not too confident with their skill in the pole vaulting field.

Whatever the case may be, pole [...]

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It has only been a few days since Jenn Stuczynski was awarded the silver medal for her pole vaulting performance in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but the discussion over the treatment she was given by her coach Rick Suhr is still raging on.

A seemingly harsh reprimand was given to Stuczynski by Suhr after her failure [...]

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What happened to all the press the Olympic Decathlon used to get in the USA?

Texas born, but Hawaiian bred Bryan Clay has just become the next Olympic gold medal Decathlon winner for 2008. He will join Bruce Jenner and Jim Thorpe as an Olympic champion in an event that America has won 12 times in [...]

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Who would have thought that a big part of becoming an Olympic gold medal pole vaulter would be learning how to conquer your fears? That was exactly the issue for Australian pole vaulter Steve Hooker, the first ever Australian to win gold in the area of pole vaulting.

How did Hooker do it? The amazing thing [...]

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What do you think is the toughest track and field event in the Olympic Games?

Many would respond that it is the pole vault. The pole vault takes both courage and skill, and the possibility of injury is great. For those reasons, and many more, pole vaulting is consistently given the majority votes for the hardest [...]

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I don’t know how many of you saw the exchange between Jennifer Stuczynski and her coach Rick Suhr after her win of the silver medal during the Olympic pole vaulting competitions, but I for one thought it was certainly not one of the high spots of this Olympic coaches career! In fact, I am sure [...]

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The results are in for the Women’s Pole Vaulting event from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and American Jennifer Stuczynski has valiantly earned a silver medal for her vault of 4.80 meters. She came in second to the favored Russian women pole vaulter, Yelena Isinbaeva who grabbed the gold with a world record vault of [...]

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