Some people hold their breath at the sight of anyone attempting to pole vault. A smaller number see that and think, “Why not me?” To pull off a pole vault jump, you sprint down a runway while holding ...

French athlete Anthony Ammirati is speaking out after his Olympic pole vaulting dreams were pulverized by a pesky package. Over the weekend, the 21-year-old athlete went viral while he was attempting ...

The internet blamed Anthony Ammirati's "bulge" for ending his Olympic dreams — but the vaulter knocked down the crossbar with another appendage Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, ...

Against all odds, Anthony Ammirati has become one of the faces of the 2024 Summer Olympics without even coming close to the podium. The French pole vaulter, 21, went viral on Saturday, August 3, when ...

American-born pole vaulter Armand "Mondo" Duplantis broke a world record for a ninth time at the Paris Olympics on Monday and brought home a gold medal for Sweden. The Louisiana-born 24-year-old ...