Pole vaulting explained by athlete from @olympics

Name: Pole vaulting explained by athlete from @olympics
Uploaded: 2025-09-15T08:01:19.000Z
Channel: olympics
Description: The athlete explains pole vaulting, including the risk of breaking poles, the number of poles they carry, and the flexibility of the poles. He also explains the goal of pole vaulting is to jump as high as possible, and that requires using the stiffest and longest pole.

The athlete explains pole vaulting, including the risk of breaking poles, the number of poles they carry, and the flexibility of the poles. He also explains the goal of pole vaulting is to jump as high as possible, and that requires using the stiffest and longest pole.

Creator: @olympics on Instagram

Transcript

Pole vaulting is an extreme sport. You break a pole, you you're becoming a an official pole vaulter. So if you're not if you haven't break a pole yet, you're not an official pole vaulter. Our bag fits 10 poles. No, yeah, I would say I'm around, like, eight to 10 poles. The flexibility of, of the pole is, it varies and it's, is different. So if you want to, you know, to jump higher, you need to get the stiffer pole. And, yeah, as as I no, basically, the goal of pole holding is jump as high as you

Topics: Sports

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