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Sergey Bubka Pole vaulter in his ascent to the crossbar, swinging his legs upward before shooting them above the bar.
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Sergey Bubka
Pole vaulter in his ascent to the crossbar, swinging his legs upward before shooting them above the bar.
Yelena Isinbayeva
Wolfgang Nordwig at the Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games
Bob Richards
Earle Meadows clears the bar to set an Olympic record at the 1936 Games in Berlin
Warmerdam, 1942
Dimensions of the pole-vaulting (top left) box, (centre) crossbar and landing cushion, and (bottom) runway.
How to perform the pole vault
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Yelena Isinbayeva
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Bob Richards
Bob Richards
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Cornelius Warmerdam
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Earle Meadows clears the bar to set an Olympic record at the 1936 Games in Berlin
Earle Meadows
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