Sweden's Armand Duplantis sets new world pole vault record Olympic champion Duplantis improved his own record of 6.21m that he set in winning the world title outdoors in Oregon last year.Her indoor best is 5.01m from Stockholm in 2012, which was recently overtaken by American Jennifer Suhr with 5.02m (Suhr is the only other woman after Isinbaeva to break into the 5m zone, indoors or outdoors), while her outdoor best of 5.06m from Zurich in 2009 remains. Isinbaeva has broken records indoors and outdoors on an amazing 30 occasions. Her world record is for 5.06 metres and the Olympic record is 5.05 metres. For the women’s world record as well as the olympic record, both are currently held by Russia's Elena Isinbaeva. Bubka broke the world record 35 times (17 outdoor and 18 indoor). Despite that, Bubka remains the champion of the pole vault. Lavillenie cleared the Bubka benchmark in his first attempt. Bubka’s undisputed distance, which was roughly twice the height of a basketball hoop, stayed for a decade till it was broken by Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie with a 6.16m leap. The men's pole vault record, of 6.14 meters or 20 feet and 1.75 inches, was set by the legendary Ukrainian vaulter Sergey Bubka in 1994. In 2000, women were allowed to pole vault in Olympics. Largely a male-dominated event, the pole vault graduated from bamboo stick to fibreglass in 1950, that gave the sport more flexibility and strength. This has formed in a sport and is a part of all major athletic events.ĭescription: The sport became an Olympic event in 1896. When the pole recoils, this energy is unleashed. The kinetic energy that the vaulter picks up in is changed to potential energy of the pole when the vaulter bends it to 90 degrees. The original poles were stiff and made of bamboo, but over the time fiberglass and, now, carbon fiber came in that have changed the sport. Definition: The origin of this Olympic sport is unknown, but the first recorded pole vault competition happened at the Irish Tailteann Games, sometime in 1829 BC.
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