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Pole vaulting has progressed strongly throughout Olympic history. William Hoyt won the initial pole vault event in 1896 with a jump of 10 feet, 10 inches (3.3 meters). Improved technique and significantly stronger poles helped 2004 gold medalist Tim Mack clear 19 feet, 6-¼ inches (5.95 meters).
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The pole may have protective layers of tape at the grip and at the bottom end. Vaulting area; The runway is at least 40 meters long. Vaulters can place as many as two markers on the runway. Competitors plant their poles in a one-meter long box that’s 60 centimeters wide at ... Back to Olympic Pole Vault main page...
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This is the infamous Olympic pole vault final where the great Sergey Bubka fell victim to the dreaded NH on the world stage no less. ... Pole Vaulting is a dangerous sport. Sometimes we have accidents.
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www.neovault.com/mem_video_directory.asp
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Former World, Olympic pole vaulting champion Stacy Dragila retires after meet in Paris ... September 10th, 2009 Pole vaulter Stacy Dragila retiresPARIS — Former World and Olympic champion Stacy Dragila has ended her 14-year pole vaulting career with a second-place finish at the DecaNation track and field meet.
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Former World, Olympic pole vaulting champion Stacy Dragila retires after meet in Paris ... September 10th, 2009 Pole vaulter Stacy Dragila retiresPARIS — Former World and Olympic champion Stacy Dragila has ended her 14-year pole vaulting career with a second-place finish at the DecaNation track and field meet.
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The pole vault is an Olympic event that demands a very high level of athletic ability. Nevertheless, it illustrates very simply the law of conservation of energy. The vaulter tries to achieve maximum kinetic energy ... See the Wikipedia article on pole vault here. For a discussion of the physics of pole vaulting, look here...
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demonstrations.wolfram.com/OlympicPoleVaulting/
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AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC POLE-VAULTING COACH LEADS HIGH SCHOOL CAMP AT SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY ... Home > SRU News > 2005 News Releases > July > Australian Olympic Pole-Vaulting Coach Leads High School Camp at SRU...
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Jul 16, 2009 ... Australia's Olympic pole vault gold medallist Steve Hooker was beaten for the first time in almost a year at a meet in Reims, ...
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