Lopik, Netherlands, July 8, 2025 (AFP) - Dutch canal-leaping pole vaulters aim for the sky

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2025-07-08

Smiling and relaxed, Dutch farmer Jacob de Groot grips a pole and walks to the water's edge -- chasing a thrill he first felt aged 10, vaulting across a canal. Every summer, Dutch provinces from Friesland to Utrecht leap into "fierljeppen" season -- a uniquely Dutch sport combining pole-vaulting, long jump and, when misjudged, unplanned swimming. "This is really a typically Dutch sport," De Groot, holder since 2017 of the long jump record at 22.2......

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