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pole_vault

pole vault

See also: pole-vault

English

Noun

pole vault ‎(plural pole vaults)

(athletics) 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

Usage notes

The plural pole vaults generally refers to multiple competitions. Individual jumps are usually called a vault, the plural of which is vaults.

Translations

jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole

Chinese:
Mandarin: 撐竿跳高 (zh), 撑竿跳高 (zh) ‎(chēnggāntiàogāo)
Danish: stangspring (da) n
Finnish: seiväshyppy (fi)
French: saut à la perche (fr) m
German: Stabhochsprung (de) m
Greek: άλμα επί κοντώ (el) n ‎(álma epí kontó)
Hungarian: rúdugrás (hu)
Icelandic: stangarstökk n

Italian: salto con l'asta m
Japanese: 棒高跳 (ja) ‎(ぼうたかとび, bōtakatobi), 棒高跳び (ja) ‎(ぼうたかとび, bōtakatobi)
Maori: peke tītoko
Polish: skok o tyczce (pl) m
Portuguese: salto com vara m
Romanian: săritură cu prăjina f
Russian: прыжо́к с шесто́м (ru) m ‎(pryžók s šestóm)
Spanish: salto con garrocha m
Tagalog: baliksuwa

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