Nope, he is brilliant. Companies that put incentives into contracts could specify such as "Payouts only for breaking the WR by 2 or more cm's at a time" or 4 or 5 or whatever.
you find it entertaining that someone can game his contracts, at the expense of his performance on the field?
It is cheesy, but his WR behavior seems to be the main thing driving interest in pole vaulting this year.
The guy practically pole vaulted out of his mother's womb, with his elite pole vaulter dad. He could go 6.50 any time he wants.
Someone needs to invoke the "honest effort" rule and DQ him for setting the bar at 6.30, 6.31, 6.32. Come on dude, joke's over. See where your real limit's at.
Joke will be on him if he gets career-ending injury though.
He's another nepo baby and pole vaulting isn't a real sport. Let's see them vault with a scaffolding pole.
One of many none sports that should be removed from athletics.
He could have been a great baseball player if he ever wanted to. He hit some home runs at LSU batting practice.
Why don't you speak another subject that you know nothing about. The PV is one of two events that an athlete can systematically determine his/her success, enrich themselves AND produce a WR. The other events don't.
You sound as if you have never accmplished much so you look to denigrate others. Oh, and your mother is calling you to come upstairs. Your dinner is ready and wear clothes this time.
This has been a thing in pole vault since well before Mondo. I don’t blame him or any other athlete for maximising their earning potential.
I wonder if he’ll have some regrets after retirement though. Maybe there was one particular day when he was just completely on it and could have gone who knows how high. Once the opportunity is lost it’s lost forever and they come along far less frequently as you get older.
The guy practically pole vaulted out of his mother's womb, with his elite pole vaulter dad. He could go 6.50 any time he wants.
Someone needs to invoke the "honest effort" rule and DQ him for setting the bar at 6.30, 6.31, 6.32. Come on dude, joke's over. See where your real limit's at.
Joke will be on him if he gets career-ending injury though.
2. Earlier poster said it correctly. There's a limit to how many attempts can be performed in a competition in terms of energy distribution. What did he take, 10 jumps. Several earlier misses and he probably would have just settled for the win. As it is, he had a clean slate, 7 attempts, going into 6.30.
3. I love what Karelis was doing. He had silver locked up. Miss, pass. Miss, pass. Miss, done. Pressure was on Duplantis to keep making. Karlie has a miracle day, he has a shot. He came close to new and much bigger PRs than Duplantis. So he did what you wanted Duplantis to do but without success.
You should cheer for Karelis. Maybe you would enjoy it more?
Lots of people in this thread are talking past each other, but I think generally agree with each other. Two things can be possible. One one hand it makes sense what Mondo is doing and most people would do the same thing. It also it probably in the best interest of the sport as it creates headlines every time he breaks the WR. But on the other hand it's very frustrating watching an elite athlete not really push himself in a sport all about pushing the limits of human potential.
Personally, I don't find what Mondo is doing particularly compelling to watch. That's not a knock to Mondo, since I'd do the same thing. Is a human pole vaulting over 6.40 inherently more entertaining to watch than someone pole vaulting over 6.30? I don't think so. I doubt 99% of people can visually even tell a difference. What I find compelling in athletics is people pushing themselves and striving to be the best they can be. This is why I also love high school and college athletics. Even though Mondo is vaulting absolutely absurd heights, it's not what I love the sport. It's like watching Jakob Ingebrigtsen run a 3:35 1500m against high school competition.
Lots of people in this thread are talking past each other, but I think generally agree with each other. Two things can be possible. One one hand it makes sense what Mondo is doing and most people would do the same thing. It also it probably in the best interest of the sport as it creates headlines every time he breaks the WR. But on the other hand it's very frustrating watching an elite athlete not really push himself in a sport all about pushing the limits of human potential.
Personally, I don't find what Mondo is doing particularly compelling to watch. That's not a knock to Mondo, since I'd do the same thing. Is a human pole vaulting over 6.40 inherently more entertaining to watch than someone pole vaulting over 6.30? I don't think so. I doubt 99% of people can visually even tell a difference. What I find compelling in athletics is people pushing themselves and striving to be the best they can be. This is why I also love high school and college athletics. Even though Mondo is vaulting absolutely absurd heights, it's not what I love the sport. It's like watching Jakob Ingebrigtsen run a 3:35 1500m against high school competition.
Guys, it's very easy. Stop watching! But I can tell you for free, that no one cares what you do. His sponsor is loving him, millions of people are loving it, meet directors are begging him to break the record at their meet...you guys can go be fans of guys who are putting in an honest effort and making peanuts, for the rest of the world and the casual fans...we are Mondo!!
He gets an extra 100k for every time he breaks it. He has broken the world record 14 times already. He probably has a respectable net worth by this point.