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Athletics event in European cellar (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

pole vault

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'athletics event' is the definition.
'pole vault' can be an answer for 'event' (track and field event). I'm not certain of the 'athletics' bit.

'european cellar' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'pole' (someone from Poland).
'cellar' becomes 'vault' (I've seen this before).
'pole'+'vault'='POLE-VAULT'

'in' is the link.

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

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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