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pole vaulter:
(also ‘vaulter‘ or ‘pole jumper‘; plural: ‘pole vaulters‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘au’ rhyme with the letter ‘o’ in “for” or the letters ‘au’ in “caught”)
a pole vaulter vaulting over the bar in a competition
{‘to ‘vault’, in this context = to jump or leap over something, usually with the help of some support}
a person/athlete who participates in the sport event of ‘pole vault’,
(‘pole vault’ = a sports event in which an athlete jumps or leaps over a bar placed high on two posts with the help of a long, light-weight and flexible pole)
a pole vaulter just crossing over the bar, with the pole still in hand
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The long, light and flexible pole the pole vaulters use these days is not made of wood or steel but of fiberglass or carbon fiber.
Sergey Bubka from Ukraine is a noted pole vaulter, breaking world records 35 times.
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