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• n  (architecture) a vaulted structure
  arches and vaulting
• n  a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
• v  jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
• v  bound vigorously
• s  revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights
  vaulting ambition

• Tatiana Grigorieva took up vaulting only three years ago.
• Women's pole vaulting makes its Olympic debut in Sydney, and American Stacey Dragila is on track for the first gold.
• Running eight miles a day, including wind sprints up and down the steps of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Seagren was back in competition by March 4, vaulting a respectable 16 .

• curvet
• vault
• overleap
• overreaching

News & Articles

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• Altidore, E. Johnson lead U.S. past Panama, to first in qualifying group.
  (Wednesday, June 12, 2013) -- Behind clinical finishes from striker Jozy Altidore and midfielder Eddie Johnson, the United States men recorded a dominant 2-0 victory over visiting Panama, vaulting to the top of the CONCACAF World Cup Final Qualifying Round standings at the halfway point of the final, 10-match hexagonal.
  June 13, 2013 - Soccer Times
• CSN: Coping with BCS loss no easy task for Irish
  CSN: Notre Dame made major strides in 2012, vaulting the program from the ranks of mediocrity to earning a chance at a title win for the first time since 1988. But that chance quickly materialized into an embarrassing 42-14 loss at the hands of an Alabama.
  June 12, 2013 - NBC NEWS
• Poncik has Lubbock in rear view mirror
  Needville graduate Shelby Poncik, from the Class of 2012, enjoyed her time on pole vaulting at Texas Tech but decided to move on after a coaching change following the season.
  June 10, 2013 - Fort Bend Herald

Quotes

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• Steve Hooker in AFP
  It is going to be a day-by-day process to figure out where we are at,Hooker said. "I am getting a series of injections over this week and I definitely won?t be doing any pole vaulting before the qualifying to test it out. If it comes down...
• Michelle Grattan in Reuters UK
  Kevin Rudd's emissions trading blueprint is laden with caution rather than vaulting ambition, as the government tries to navigate through a dreadful economic outlook and a hostile Senate,Grattan wrote.
• Sergei Bubka in MOSNEWS
  Yelena totally deserves this second Laureus Award,said Bubka, who is also an IAAF Senior Vice President. "She is a phenomenal athlete. From the time she set her first world record six year ago, she has dominated women's pole vaulting, and...