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High-flying fun
By CASEY OLSON
Sports editor
You might call pole vaulting the oldest extreme sport.
Long before body piercings, half pipes and jumping out of an airplane with a parachute strapped to your back, there was pole vaulting â€â€
Pole Vault Article from Federal Way Mirror
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The other safety measure that has been getting a lot of backing in the pole vaulting community is the use of helmets. Wisconsin, North Dakota, and Minnesota already require helmets for high school pole vaulters, and New York is considering a similar law, according to PoleVaultPit.com.
talk about journalistic integrity! she even knows the right place to go do research
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