Athletics Jumping Event With Long Prop
Puzzle 5 of The 1950s Hard Pack
Question is: Athletics Jumping Event With Long Prop
and the answer is: POLEVAULT
Word Meaning:
POLE VAULT — (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
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