Watching track and field / Olympics shouldn’t be this complicated. Peacock / NBC isn’t as organized or streamlined as it could be. Too many sports, too many events, and they force you to watch all 4 hours of coverage. Who has time for that? If I want to see the W 5000 final why not just have a replay of the W 5000 on its own and clearly labeled without spoilers?
That's what the pole vault is all about! The greats like Mondo and Bubka raise the bar a CM at a time to get as many WRs as possible. If you want every WR to be a huge deal, watch sprints. If you want every WR to be fun, watch the pole vault!
Yes, I want every WR to be a huge deal. So does everyone else with a brain. We know when we're being played for a suckers by a guy who could vault 6.50 any time he wanted.
And we know the only reason he can do it is he's the son of an elite vaulter, and has skills almost noone else could possibly have learned.
yall are being fooled by his hip height, which is the price of admission for WR. But getting deep enough and getting rid of that pole and your arms etc...is the hard part. Mondo cleared that WR by hair. His hips were 6.75 sure but he barely cleared.
Watching track and field / Olympics shouldn’t be this complicated. Peacock / NBC isn’t as organized or streamlined as it could be. Too many sports, too many events, and they force you to watch all 4 hours of coverage. Who has time for that? If I want to see the W 5000 final why not just have a replay of the W 5000 on its own and clearly labeled without spoilers?
Mondo about to attempt the world record...the crowd is clapping, he's focused about to run...COVERAGE HAS CONCLUDED. Biggest joke I have ever seen in sports coverage.
He had it coming. Nobody's excited about his nickel-and-dime world records. Just vault as high as you can and get it over with
T&F fans may know he's continued to break the record incrementally (though I would argue it's still exciting to watch each time). However, this is the Olympics. Huge new audience, huge stage. People care about what the coverage treats as important and they absolutely want to see world records. Unique opportunity for the sport every 4 years.
His skills will begin declining soon. He should have (and should start immediately) taking some more aggressive swings to put the WR out there, if he can, while he can.
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