Sporting event in European cellar (4,5)

I believe the answer is:

pole vault

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(Other definitions for pole vault that I've seen before include "High-flying Olympic event" , "Field event -- value plot (anag)" , "Olympic field event" , "Athletic event" , "Sergey Bubka was world champion at this event" .)

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