pole vault

(Newser) - Armand "Mondo" Duplantis traded handshakes and hugs with the pole vaulters he'd just beaten to capture his third world championship. He took a leisurely walk toward the stands to talk to his parents, his brother, and his fiancee. Then, like any great performer in a jam-packed stadium, he...

(Newser) - Armand "Mondo" Duplantis, a Louisiana native competing in the Summer Olympics in Paris for his mom's native country of Sweden, had already clinched the gold medal in men's pole vaulting on Monday night when he set out to achieve his next goal: breaking the Olympic record of...