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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pole vault, pole vaulting, pole jump, pole jumpingnoun

    a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole

Wiktionary

  1. pole vaultnoun

    a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and vault over a fiberglass bar, landing on a matted pit

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  1. Pole vault

    Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Mycenaean Greeks, Minoan Greeks and Celts. It has been a full medal event at the Olympic Games since 1896 for men and since 2000 for women. It is typically classified as one of the four major jumping events in athletics, alongside the high jump, long jump and triple jump. It is unusual among track and field sports in that it requires a significant amount of specialised equipment in order to participate, even at a basic level. A number of elite pole vaulters have had backgrounds in gymnastics, including world record breakers Yelena Isinbayeva and Brian Sternberg, reflecting the similar physical attributes required for the sports. Running speed, however, may be the most dominant factor. Physical attributes such as speed, agility and strength are essential to pole vaulting effectively, but technical skill is an equally if not more important element. The object of pole vaulting is to clear a bar or crossbar supported upon two uprights (standards) without knocking it down.

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  1. pole vault

    Pole vault is an athletic or track and field event in which an individual uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a high bar. The athlete runs up to the bar, plants the pole in a designated box on the ground, and uses the bending and unbending of the pole to propel themselves over the bar, landing safely on a mat. The aim is to clear the greatest height without knocking the bar off its supports.

Wikidata

  1. Pole vault

    Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, Cretans and Celts. It has been a full medal event at the Olympic Games since 1896 for men and 2000 for women.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pole vault in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pole vault in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Pole vault in a Sentence

  1. The Frenchman:

    I was in good shape and I don't really know what went wrong, 5.90 meters usually is not difficult for me. But it happens to everyone... Pole vault is like this. You never know.

  2. Don Pellmann:

    It’s a poor day because I should have got that pole vault, too, and I should have had better marks on most of these [others]. But I’m glad I got the 100 record – that’s the one I wanted the most.

  3. Sandi Morris:

    We had swirling winds and head winds, which really affect you in the pole vault because your pole is pretty much like a sail.


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