pole-vaulters
Airborne track athletes
Pole-vaulters are athletes who compete in pole vaulting—a track and field event where competitors use a long flexible pole to propel themselves over a high bar.
The sport demands a rare combination of sprinting speed, gymnastics, and precise technique: The pole-vaulters cleared heights that seemed impossible.
Secure manual hold
- approachWay of handling something
- plantBotanical organism
- takeoffDeparture or parody
- swingSuspended recreational seat
extension · turn · clearance · landing · run-up · penultimate · push-off · inversion
Horizontal bar between uprights
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- uprightsVertical load-bearing posts
- pitFruit's hard seed
- spikesSharp metal protrusions
runway · handguards · uniforms
Pullovers or leaping ones
- athletesSports competitors
- competitorsThose seeking same goal
- decathletesTen-event sports competitors
- heptathletesSeven-discipline sport competitors
sprinters · high-jumpers · clearers · qualifiers · finalists · record-holders · medalists · champions
grip
Secure manual hold
swing · extension · turn · clearance · landing · run-up · penultimate · push-off · inversion · pull
crossbar
Horizontal bar between uprights
spikes · runway · handguards · uniforms
jumpers
Pullovers or leaping ones
- athletesSports competitors
- competitorsThose seeking same goal
- decathletesTen-event sports competitors
heptathletes · sprinters · high-jumpers · clearers · qualifiers · finalists · record-holders · medalists · champions · amateurs
height
Vertical extent upward
flexible · gymnastic · speed · agility · coordination · power · springy · lightweight · acrobatic · balanced
Richards
Patronymic from Richard
pole-vaultershigh jumpers
Athletes who leap vertically
sprinters · distance runners · long jumpers · triple jumpers · shot putters
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