Yes, but check the video. A significant bending of the bar during clearance. Did he clear the bar without knocking it off? Yes. Did he clear 6.31m? No. Similar to high jumpers who get a favorable bar bounce. Or hurdlers who hit, knock down or hit hurdles (which should slow the time, but maybe not). Perhaps instead of a bar, there should be light beam. Hit the beam and it's a miss.
If you actually enjoy watching Mondo and his domination over his fake event, I just know I wouldn't like you as a person.
Wow. Mondo is the most dominant athlete we’ve seen since Bubka and I include Bolt and a series of fine distance runners in that statement. Moreover, his event has been contested in every Olympic and world championship.
that said, I do enjoy watching adults run around in circles.
It's not a preposterous comparison; trying to translate Mondo's performances into distance running language on a distance-focused board so others can understand how truly ridiculous it is was the point.
You tried and you failed, your comparison was dumb af.
Mondo: "6.31?!?!? Wow! I haven't vaulted that high since yesterday in practice."
This sentiment has been posted a million times, there's no way he's regularly vaulting this high in practice, he's definitely using larger poles in competition, it'd be like saying Hocker is running mile repeats in 3:45 in practice.
Competition gives you more speed = can use larger poles.
I get the WR fatigue, I really do. What he's doing over and over again is totally ridiculous though.
Yes. Every centimeter is a big improvement. It's pretty much the same as improving 100 m WR by one hundreth (which is big).
Mondo haters: If this was the mile Mondo has lowered the previous records holders mile time from 3:43 to 3:37. He's run under 3:43 14 times. Remember, the guy 2 records back 'vaulted' the equivalent of 3:44 (Bubka) was considered an untouchable Usain Bolt type GOAT.
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Mondo haters: If this was the mile Mondo has lowered the previous records holders mile time from 3:43 to 3:37. He's run under 3:43 14 times. Remember, the guy 2 records back 'vaulted' the equivalent of 3:44 (Bubka) was considered an untouchable Usain Bolt type GOAT.
Except the depth in pole vault is shallow compared to the mile so it's probably more like he is running near 3:50 and bringing the record down 0.1 seconds each time. Not to say Mondo is not an outlier but he is nothing like a top miler and his fake celebrations are ridiculous.
This sentiment has been posted a million times, there's no way he's regularly vaulting this high in practice, he's definitely using larger poles in competition, it'd be like saying Hocker is running mile repeats in 3:45 in practice.
Competition gives you more speed = can use larger poles.
I get the WR fatigue, I really do. What he's doing over and over again is totally ridiculous though.
Yes. Every centimeter is a big improvement. It's pretty much the same as improving 100 m WR by one hundreth (which is big).
Mondo is just incredible athlete.
Pretty impressive when he spanked Warholm in the 100m (yds?) race
ooh look at me i'm mondo duplantis i just set the wr for the 15th time and got another $250k bonus, i'm gonna go home to my swedish supermodel wife while listening to my hot new single.
ooh look at me i'm mondo duplantis i just set the wr for the 15th time and got another $250k bonus, i'm gonna go home to my swedish supermodel wife while listening to my hot new single.
f*ck you man
This is a funny post, but also, good for Mondo. If he's gaming the system, so be it; he only has so many years in the spotlight to get paid. He is making a living doing an honest physical task with his body. He is ultimately making a lot less money than some people who sit on their asses trading other people's money around, or plundering weaker foreign nations to get rich.
This sentiment has been posted a million times, there's no way he's regularly vaulting this high in practice, he's definitely using larger poles in competition, it'd be like saying Hocker is running mile repeats in 3:45 in practice.
Competition gives you more speed = can use larger poles.
I get the WR fatigue, I really do. What he's doing over and over again is totally ridiculous though.
This is 100% accurate.
First off props to Mondo. Consummate star, consummate professional. Hosts his own meet and sets a WR for his fans. unreal. Seeing him break the WR at Eugene '22 for the world title is an unforgettable moment in my life.
secondly:
Hi Becca @polevaultpower,
If you're willing, I'd like to engage with you a little further on this to try and better understand the statement put up by d1pv. Idk who d1pv is, but I know who you are and respect your input so I'm directing this at you instead of at d1pv. I'm a distance runner, but I can sprint. So in that regard I know what it feels like to sprint, and I can appreciate what sprinters do b/c I cannot do it nearly as well. I have a great admiration and appreciation for field events, but I have no idea what it feels like to actually PV, or LJ, or TJ b/c I haven't done them and I'd probably hurt myself trying. I'm not silly enough to think that vaulting 6.31 or 6.0 or 5.8 or 4.0 is easy.
With that preamble - I still find it hard to swallow the idea that Mondo attempting or achieving a WR in practice is like a runner attempting or achieving a WR in practice. The premise of my disbelief is based on this: a field athlete can make multiple complete attempts at a WR in the same series (either in practice or in competition). If mondo had failed on attempt 1, he very realistically could have come back in attempt 2 or 3 and broken the WR. If Cole Hocker attempted a WR and came up 0.1s or 1.0s or 10s short, there is effectively 0% chance he could come back and make a second attempt that day or even in subsequent days. There is a psychological component here where field athletes are honed to attempt something, fail, and come back stronger (whereas runners are not) - but ignoring the psychology and just focusing on the physiology: there is still no way a runner can extend themselves that much and try to repeat the effort. I know this b/c I have experienced running as fast as I can, and I know there is nothing left afterward. So with that said - I have trouble believing Mondo couldn't attempt and achieve 6.31 in practice and come out the next day or the next hour or the next series and do it again. But based on what you're saying I'm wrong. I believe you, but I would appreciate anything you can add to help me understand why I'm wrong so that I don't have to just tell myself "it's true b/c that's what pole vaulters say".
because you are the only one whose dad is a former elite
boooo get a life dude. Who are you but an upgraded version of your dad? boooo
“Who are you but an upgraded version of your dad”??? In what world would that be a bad thing?
I’m pretty sure you didn’t say anything like that about Centrowitz.
To those who complain about WR fatigue, before Mondo, one guy beat Bubka after about 1993( now two with Karallis). Imagine any runner maintaining WR form for seven years with no sign of letting up.