Vaulting Pole Tips

Every year the chance to vote for the Waterford Crystal European Athlete of the Year is open to the public for voting. This is an on-line poll that will take place until the voting closes September 25.

The Waterford Crystal European Athlete of the Year was introduced in 1993 and will celebrate its 16th anniversary this [...]

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After the crowds return home, and the fervor over the Olympics fade many pole vaulting athletes are left to face the question, what’s next? This is the question three time Olympic pole vaulter and Decathlete Dominic Johnson has to answer.

“I’ve been training (in the pole vault) for the Olympics ever since I left high school. [...]

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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 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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Russian pole vaulter, Yelena Isinbaeva, is the favorite to win gold in the Olympics this month. She is currently the women’s pole vaulting world record holder and not only one of the toughest female pole vaulters in the world, but also one of the hottest. Isinbaeva has quite the following of fans, many of them [...]

Tags : Olympic pole vaulting, vaulting pole, womens pole vaulting, Yelena Isinbaeva