Vaulting Pole Tips

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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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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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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Yesterday, the ladies of the red, white, and blue had to be on their “A game” in order to contend with the other vaulting pole girls from around the world during the 2008 Olympic women’s pole vaulting preliminaries. Yelena Isinbaeva of the Russian Federation was at the top of the pole vaulting game with a [...]

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Who says an old dog can’t learn new tricks?!
Jeff Hartwig, age 40 is the oldest member of the 2008 Olympic U.S. Track and field team, competing in the pole vaulting event and the oldest ever to qualify for it. Now, I know what you’re thinking, and you’re right, Pole vaulting is nothing new [...]

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In the United States we like things quick and easy! If we wait more than 10 minutes in a drive-thru we are ready to scream (good thing drive-thru attendants don’t expect tips). If somebody is actually driving the speed limit road-rage kicks in, horns honk, and even fingers fly. So in a nation [...]

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