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Scary moment as athlete’s pole breaks mid-air during African Athletics Championship

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  • BLACK MOSES (USA) 20 hours ago

    OH AFRICA AFRICA AFRICA . PERHARPS THE POLE HAS BEEN THE SAME POLE USED OVER THE YEARS AND IT HAS GONE OLD AND DRIED. WHI IS TO BE BLAMED FOR THIS NEAR MAMSLAUGHTERING .?

  • Son of sons 19 hours ago

    You got me laughing. I said the same thing you just wrote

  • Wilson 9 hours ago

    @Black Moses: You couldn't have said it better

  • Ahantaba 20 hours ago

    Incompetent continent. The black man is incapable of managing a simple sport equipment.

  • Martin A 15 hours ago

    Modern pole vault poles are primarily constructed from composite materials, specifically fiberglass or a combination of fiberglass and carbon fiber, embedded in resin. I wonder what type of pole this pole vaulter was using. A ...
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  • Boss 8 hours ago

    Was the pole carved from cider wood.or something? Eeeh Ghana! By the way, I could not see any head first fall in the video. Did the reporter lie just to create more sensation?