Both sisters reached 4.7 meters, or a little more than 15 feet 5 inches, breaking both the facility and meet records. ... the first American girl to go over 15 feet on the pole vault.

Swedish pole vault star Armand "Mondo" Duplantis put on a show on Aug. 5 on his way to setting a world record to draw a roar from a crowd that was chanting his name at Stade de France.

Duplantis, the Lafayette, Louisiana-born Swedish pole vaulting sensation, won Olympic gold with a jump of 6.10 meters and then became one of Paris 2024's forever athletes once the competition was ...