Made In Nevada: UCS Spirit - KOLO8 ABC News

 MINDEN, Nev. (KOLO) - What are said to be the best poles in the world for pole vaulting are made in Minden.

The last world record was made on a pole constructed at UCS Spirit in Carson City. Olympic French champion Renaud Lavillenie set this record in Ukraine in February 2014. He used a pole made in northern Nevada to jump and clear a pole sitting 20 feet, 2-and-a-half inches high.

He broke the record that was set 20 years earlier. This world record was made possible in part because of the work inside UCS Spirit's factory.

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