Pole vault

/pˈəʊl vˈɒlt/

/pˈoʊl vˈɑːlt/

Pole vault

a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long, flexible pole to jump over a bar

synonyms : pole jump

Examples

1. Ingrid, is it pole vault?

2. Americans also won gold in the women's pole vault and the men's shot put.

3. It's also the height of Kilimanjaro compared to a pole vault record.

4. You know, Corey talks about imagining the way that pole vault came to be an Olympic sport.