Sebastian Bayer Has His Beamonesque Moment & Jumps 28'6.75" (2nd longest in history) at Euros

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    rojo

    Member since 07/09/2002.

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    15 years ago 03/08/2009 4:58pm EDT

    I am working on the website for Monday and saw that that Sebastian Bayer jumped 28'6.75" today (8.71 meters) to win European gold. His jump is the 2nd longest indoors in history.

    I found video of the jump and it's pretty unreal.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRJzYQ_4HFg

    What is more unreal is that his pb has improved by my calculation by 22+ inches this year alone. The guy didn't even make the German Olympic team.

    Very impressive.

    Undoubtedly in the year 2009, I'm sure people will start the drug accusations, but to me, it's the perfect uplifting story of one not limiting themself.

    I loved his quote, "Right now I cannot tell you how I managed to jump that far”

  • Dirty Harold

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    15 years ago 03/08/2009 5:07pm EDT
    re: rojo

    Who says white men can't jump.

  • not sure

    Anonymous Poster

    15 years ago 03/08/2009 5:15pm EDT
    re: Dirty Harold

    Emmiyan never said that. Nor did most of the top HJ'ers in the world.

  • Crackpot Theorist

    Anonymous Poster

    15 years ago 03/08/2009 5:23pm EDT
    re: not sure

    Nor did Lynn Davies or Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (sic) or Giovanni Evangelista or Gary Honey, to name a few.

    I have a teory on that "White Man Can't jump" business anyone, as pertains to basketball, which is where the notion usually arises.

    Besides jumping ability, what physical characteristic makes it most easy to dunk?

    I'll be back later with the answer, but you should get it easily enough.

  • some coked up brit

    Anonymous Poster

    15 years ago 03/08/2009 6:34pm EDT
    re: Crackpot Theorist

    Deer Sebastian Bear - well done with your jump.

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    trollism

    Member since 04/14/2007.

    8,714 posts. Last post 1 day ago.
    15 years ago 03/08/2009 7:09pm EDT
    re: some coked up brit

    Probably windy.

  • go on go on

    Anonymous Poster

    15 years ago 03/08/2009 7:25pm EDT
    re: some coked up brit

    Antelope Sebastian Bear - well done with your jump.

  • dw

    Anonymous Poster

    15 years ago 03/08/2009 8:34pm EDT
    re: go on go on

    he was already leading the competition so maybe he started a foot back and gave it everything he had with nothing to lose. truly beamonesque

  • who knows

    Anonymous Poster

    15 years ago 03/08/2009 8:47pm EDT
    re: rojo

    His pb was 8.17(26-9)from his nation championship like a month earlier. Then 8.12(26-7.75)in the trials then 8.71(28-7.00)in the final. Thats crazy

  • Crackpot Theorist

    Anonymous Poster

    15 years ago 03/08/2009 9:00pm EDT

    The answer to the question above is handsize. Being able to palm the ball very easily is the key to dunking.

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    Atanvarno

    Member since 09/04/2003.

    206 posts. Last post 12 years ago.
    15 years ago 03/09/2009 11:57am EDT
    re: rojo

    rojo wrote:The guy didn't even make the German Olympic team.

    He made the German Olympic team. He jumped 7,77 m in the qualifying round in Peking.

    Bayer was considered one of our most promising juniors when he had a horrible accident in the final of the European Junior Championship in 2005.

    He tore nearly every ligament and broke most bones in his foot. The doctors considered it a minor miracle, that he started jumping again in 2006.

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