Anyone know the highest high jump using the scissor kick technique. I always thought that looks totally badass because you can land on your feet.
Anyone know the highest high jump using the scissor kick technique. I always thought that looks totally badass because you can land on your feet.
this is pretty sick in a wow kind of way.
I thought China had a 7-8 or 7-10 guy that rolled in the 84 Olympics? Juinua held the WR for a while but they had another guy there that was rolling pretty high.
AxC... wrote:
Anyone know the highest high jump using the scissor kick technique. I always thought that looks totally badass because you can land on your feet.
Here's a video (not great quality, sorry to say) of Stefan Holm scissoring over 2.10 (= 6-10+):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz7ZA35U5gI believe that I heard he'd cleared over seven feet with the scissors, but even 2.10 is *very* impressive.
BTW the flop is actually an outgrowth from the scissors.
Pat Matzdorf of Wisconsin.
Debbie Brill
My vote goes to Vladimir Yashchenko, the last of the great straddlers. Yashchenko held the world record and beat up on the floppers of the day which was every other jumper. Here's a youtube video to give you an idea of how high he moved his center-of-mass.
In my opinion, Yashchenko had the highest center-of-mass of any high jumper in history. He straddled 7'8 1/2" which theoretically put his COM in the 7'10" range. Imagine his possibilities as a flopper who can allow the center-of-mass to pass under the crossbar... 8'2", 8'4"??? We'll never know.
Yashchenko's story ended sadly with a horrific knee injury attempting a high jump. It's rumored he generated so much strain and force on his takeoff knee that he blew his patella off his knee - causing a fellow competitor to vomit and discontinue jumping.
Yashchenko died in 1999.
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last one to win OG without using flop
His name is Liu Yunpeng. He jumped 2.29 in Los Angeles and achieved a PB of 2.30 in 1989. He is featured at 2:00 in a YouTube video of the LA Olympics called 'Olympics - 1984 Los Angeles - Track & Field - Mens High Jump Finals'
There is also en entry on him in Wikipedia under Liu Yunpeng
For my money it's Brumel.
I grew ups watching him take off from non rubberized surfaces setting the world record at only 6'1".
I realize this is an old thread.
Most fans of the event don't know that Valeriy Brumel had his career end in a motorcycle accident at age 23, and was facing amputation of his right foot. The foot was repaired, and Brumel returned to jumping in local events. It's hard to say if he could have jumped higher, had he remained sound and competed for a few more years.
Brumel won the 1964 Olympics with a then- Olympic record of 2.18 meters (7'1"), which was also cleared by John Thomas. Both men missed all three attempts at 2.20 meters. Brumel won the gold by virtue of fewer misses. Between them, Thomas and Brumel were the dominant forces in the high jump in the early 1960's, jointly setting or extending the world record ten times, from 2.17m (7'1 3/8") to 2.28m (7' 13/4).
Charlie Dumas first man over seven feet.
John Thomas first man over seven feet indoors.
Not sure if this counts as it doesn't look like it was in competition, but here's a video of Barshim clearing 2.16m (7 feet 1 inch) with A SCISSOR KICK!!!!
https://twitter.com/AthleticsWeekly/status/1420776042214662150?s=20
Kenneth Copeland, verified millionaire wrote:
Not sure if this counts as it doesn't look like it was in competition, but here's a video of Barshim clearing 2.16m (7 feet 1 inch) with A SCISSOR KICK!!!!
https://twitter.com/AthleticsWeekly/status/1420776042214662150?s=20
yo wtf get this guy in an nba dunk contest
Ray Ewry.