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Recently some article came out talking about how Tennis is the healthiest sport. I saw on the graph that Pole Vaulters live quite a long time. They must tone it down a bit after college athletics because the ones I knew risked their life everyday at practice! haha.

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That was part of the reason I wrote this piece, all the discourse around tennis. I think in both cases, pole vault and tennis - those who have the access to the sport and can do so at a good level are disproportionately advantaged in terms of socioeconomic status so that's more likely the driver of their longevity than something magical about the sports themselves.

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Yeah the first obvious reason tends to not be the true underlying reason.

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