How high would it be?
How high would it be?
It could already be 5-10cm higher on the men's and women's side since both Bubka and Isinbayeva would break the world record by a centimeter to maximize record bonuses.
How many world or emerging elite sprinters are tall enough and/or coordinated enough to vault?
I'd rather argue about how high the world record in the hept & decathlon would be if Bubka had focused on the multis rather than just specializing in the vault.
I bet they could go a lot higher if they just used longer poles. The ones they use now just don't reach high enough.
Bad Wigins wrote:
I bet they could go a lot higher if they just used longer poles. The ones they use now just don't reach high enough.
I agree with this. With really long poles you might have a vault perhaps considered a fluke but it might be a 22-foot fluke.
just because they may be faster/stronger doesn't mean they have the skill/coordination to be a good vaulter.
it's like "why aren't high jumpers basketball players?". well maybe they can't dribble to halfcourt without the ball going off their foot, or shoot worth a damn.
likewise i can't see Bolt, Gatlin, or any top sprinter being as smooth over the hurdles as Merritt or Oliver. or having the coordination and smoothness of C. Taylor in the triple jump.
not any higher bruh wrote:
likewise i can't see Bolt, Gatlin, or any top sprinter being as smooth over the hurdles as Merritt or Oliver. or having the coordination and smoothness of C. Taylor in the triple jump.
+1
I like the question, How fast would the world records in the sprints and mid-distances be if as many guys who Pole Vaulted ran these races?
Convert Bolt's kinetic energy at top sprinting speed into the gravitational potential energy his body would have going over the bar. Solve for Z.