There is also a new and obviously expensive athletics stadium (for elderly pole-vaulters, one wonders?) and a gymnasium that would grace Tokyo.

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It made me want to do something different, a bit far-fetched, something that no-one would expect me to do - that's why I decided to go to the north pole.

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The event held at Goldsmiths' Hall in London marked the return of the soldiers who had recreated the well-known Scott-Amundsen race to the South Pole one hundred years ago.

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Pole vaulters huddled in coats and, in one case, an Olympic-themed blanket while they waited their turns.

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Subramaniam Badrinath was bowled by a superb Steyn off-cutter that knocked back the off pole and VVS Laxman flashed at one off Harris that flew past slip for four, before bad light ended proceedings for the day, with the match fascinatingly poised.

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Mancunian Hatton was pole-axed by a huge left in the second and counted out with one second remaining in the round.

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One bus trying to negotiate a left turn on a snow-covered street fishtailed, swiping down a light pole on a sidewalk.

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There aren't too many occasions in life where one is called upon to climb a pole to a great height, stand atop it and then leap off--albeit while firmly strapped into a safety harness.

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