Talk:3183: Pole Vault Pole

Climbing up the pole is already forbidden as a direct result of people actually doing that with a normal pole; specifically neither hand may hold the pole above the initial position of the upper hand. The other two methods are excluded by the rule that the bottom end of the pole must be within the box during the jump, so Randall will have to think of something else to reach his goal. 79.141.154.179 08:16, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

On a related point of interest, there are lots of occasions, particularly in more equipment orientated sports such as cycling and rowing where technical Innovations allowed a competitor to dominate and were banned immediately afterwards. Usually these aren't as colourful as Randall's proposals but the superman position bike frame, sliding rigger rowing boat and LZR "super suit for swimming all enabled new records and were deemed "tech doping" afterwards.

Most records set with these have since been broken but it's still thought they would confer a significant advantage.

Time limit is mentioned in both pole vault wikipedia page and IAAF regulations, but couldn't find any good link to just link to only time limit directly.^{[citation needed]}--Trimutius (talk) 13:54, 20 December 2025 (UTC)