Actually was impressed to find this at a french news site:
And then found it in English:
Actually was impressed to find this at a french news site:
And then found it in English:
Good spot. Any idea if it's been streamed anywhere?
Sounds like a great publicity stunt. More power to the organizers for putting out the money. They surely know how impressive Jonathon Edwards triple jump world record is. And they know that Taylor and Claye are not having their best jumping year ever. This world record is safe for now!
Is the triple jump the dumbest event in all of sport?Its the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Who cares how far you can jump, after already having jumped twice? Dumb. Its gotta go.
Devil Dog wrote:
Is the triple jump the dumbest event in all of sport?Its the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Who cares how far you can jump, after already having jumped twice? Dumb. Its gotta go.
^Must be a distance runner. Trying to get rid of all the events that require coordination. Next we will get rid of hurdles because who cares who can navigate barriers, or the 100 because no one cares how fast you can run if you can't hold it for 26.2 miles.
Devil Dog wrote:
Is the triple jump the dumbest event in all of sport?Its the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Who cares how far you can jump, after already having jumped twice? Dumb. Its gotta go.
Race Walking
Sychronized swimming
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Dressage
Car racing
All dumber than the TJ
bumping the live stream question
didnt it happen already? runblogrun article said it was going to be going off at noon and it's already late afternoon in europe
Mayonga goes 27-7 1/2
Claye goes 57-2
Not what the organizers were hoping for, but they did save the 100000 Euro bonus prize.
I think it's stupid they want to do it on altitude. It's not cheating to say so, but it's not the same, just like the sub 2 hour attempt was no real marathon record. If I were one of them and succeeded in beating that record on altitude, I wouldn't feel great at all, at least not worthy of the WR. They just feel that they come short and can't do it on sea level, period.
Hope the athletes involved got a nice payday out of this stunt.
Didn't really even come close:
Les résultats
Saut en longueur:
1. Luvo Manyonga (RSA) 8,46 m
2. Kafétien Gomis (FRA) 8,22 m
3. Emiliano Lasa (URU) 8,18 m
4. Damar Forbes (JAM) 8,06 m
5. Jeff Henderson (USA) 7,90 m
6. Jean-Pierre Bertrand (FRA) 7,88 m
Triple saut:
1. Will Claye (USA) 17,42 m
2. Christian Taylor (USA) 16,99 m
3. Alexis Copello (AZE) 16,95 m
4. Cristian Napoles (CUB) 16,92 m
5. Jean-Marc Pontvianne (FRA) 16,44 m
6. Omar Craddock (USA) 16,34 m
Tignes looks like a scenic location for a meet. Even if they didn't break any records, at least they got to hang out in the mountains at a ski resort.
No doubt altitude makes it easier to jump farther and they wanted to compete while they are at their peak from the WCs, but it seems sub-optimal to go from competing at sea level in London last Thursday to competing at 3000 meters (9000+ feet) today. That doesn't give the jumpers much time to acclimate to the altitude. Acclimating to altitude is probably less of an issue for a sprint and a jump than it would be for distance running, but lots of people don't feel right in general when they first get to altitude.
Devil Dog wrote:
Is the triple jump the dumbest event in all of sport?Its the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Who cares how far you can jump, after already having jumped twice? Dumb. Its gotta go.
Is it possible that you havn't understood the event at all? How far you can jump after already having jumped twice? Not at all but how far can you jump with three consecutive jumps.
I've never have had a problem with the Triple Jump, I think it's a great event. Not at all comparable to Race Walking, which indeed is beyond any imagination. Doing something slow (walking) as as fast as possible? THAT is stupidity (and if you havn't broken the rules constantly, you're definitely far from reaching your limit).
But not the Triple Jump. What is "unnatural" in trying to cover a distance as great as possible with three steps? And the number of athletes who reached the absolute top in both Long and Triple Jump is not that big, so I think it's a great addition to the program.
This story says it was chilly, which can't have helped the jumpers.
They probably need somewhere warm and at altitude. Mexico or Kenya maybe.
Sad and contrived and I'm glad it failed.
Let's see, we're determined to get rid of older world records based on blanket suspicion but we have no problem applying booster shots to current attempts.
This isn't like rabbits, where you still have to run the time. This is like golf where the players and caddies know darn well it's one club less at altitude.
Awsi Dooger wrote:
Sad and contrived and I'm glad it failed.
Let's see, we're determined to get rid of older world records based on blanket suspicion but we have no problem applying booster shots to current attempts.
This isn't like rabbits, where you still have to run the time. This is like golf where the players and caddies know darn well it's one club less at altitude.
Serious question(s) for all.
1. Would there have been altitude adjustment if there had been wr's in Tignes?
2. Were all those wr's in Mexico City 1968 altitude adjusted? Should they have been?
Thanks.
On regards to the result, the location actually dosen't seem like a good choice. Yes altitude helps, but any benefit likely got crushed by how cold it was. Hot weather in the 80s and 90s are ideal for explosive events, and there was snow on the ground. Good job nike.
Devil Dog wrote:
Is the triple jump the dumbest event in all of sport?Its the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Who cares how far you can jump, after already having jumped twice? Dumb. Its gotta go.
Have you failed to realize that football is a far more contrived concept? At least triple jump can be defended as a test of repeated explosiveness and ability to learn a difficult skill.
Football is a freakin' mess of rules that are constantly being revised and updated over time in a league that is focused more on revenue generation than the actual sport.