Pole vault at the Olympics
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The pole vault at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men's pole vault has been present on the Olympic athletics programme s
The 1904 pole vault competition
Yelena Isinbayeva
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Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva is a Russian former pole vaulter. She is twice an Olympic gold medalist, three-times a World Champion, the current world record holder in the event, and is widely consider
Pole vault at the Olympics
…men's. The Olympic records for the event are 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in) for men, set by Armand Duplantis in 2024, and 5.05 m (16 ft 6+3⁄4 in) for women, set by Yelena Isinbayeva in 2008. Isinbayeva's 2008 mark was a world record at the time and her 2004 victory in 4.91 m (16 ft 1+1⁄4 in) had been the first women's world record…
Isinbayeva in 2013
Isinbayeva at the 1998 World Youth Games in Moscow
Isinbayeva being interviewed after her victory at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka.
Isinbayeva passing the bar in Osaka