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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole (which today is usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber ) as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks , Cretans ...

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n. (context athletics English) a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and vault over a fiberglass bar, landing on a matted pit

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ David Cox won the pole vault with a modest vault of 18-4. ▪ In 1908 he won an Olympic gold medal in the pole vault . ▪ When he went to the pole vault , he had a little added adrenalin that put his steps off.

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n. a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole [syn: pole vaulting , pole jump , pole jumping ]