pole vault
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By the 1940s, pole vaulters were using poles made of fiberglass, whose flexibility allowed athletes to launch themselves over higher bars.
an Olympic gold medal pole vaulter
Only this week the pole vaulter Tatyana Grigorieva won silver in the pole vault.
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