Does anyone else think that pole vaulters look like they could impale themselves?

Question

looks really dangerous to me...say you get i all wrong and the pole falls beneath you vertically?

Answer 1

The pole isn't spiked at the end, but round

Answer 2

oh gawd ur right they are just a cruisen for a bruisen...

Answer 3

let's see when will one of the male pole vaulters get the pole vertically inserted into their bulge when something goes wrong in the air haha....