Pole Vault Power

The 2024 Olympic Trials women’s pole vault finals begin today at 3:15pm Pacific. I will be there with the live tweets: https://twitter.com/polevaultpower/status/1807443503154352325 Live results: https://results.usatf.org Dedicated stream: Peacock  Height progression: 4.28-4.43-4.53-4.63-4.68-4.73+5 I explained the Olympic Team qualifying scenarios in the qualifying round preview, but I think a visual explanation would be easier. I also walk through them …

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The women’s pole vault qualifying round was fairly uneventful until the third bar. The weather was sunny and warm, the winds were a bit on the swirly and inconsistent side, pretty typical for Eugene. Kyla Davis, Tori Thomas and Megan Houston were unable to clear the opening height of 4.20m. Sydney Horn, Olivia Leuking, Kenzie …

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The 2024 Olympic Trials women’s pole vault competition begins today at 5:48pm Pacific with the qualifying round!  I will be there with the live tweets: https://twitter.com/polevaultpower/status/1806769829871022311 Live results: https://results.usatf.org Dedicated stream: Peacock  Height progression: 4.20/4.35/4.50/4.55/4.60 Top 12 qualify to finals. Unlike the men, the women are unlikely to need to jump all five heights to reduce the …

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