Wow. That's nasty.
I have no idea why a mod deleted that. Sorry for the deletion.
rojo wrote:
Wow. That's nasty.
I have no idea why a mod deleted that. Sorry for the deletion.
It was probably deleted because he called the barrier "steeple."
I can't tell if he clipped the curb but his left foot did something funky (almost like the "foot drag" of a fastpitch softball pitcher) as he was trying to pivot to the right to avoid the guy that stopped in front of the barrier.
I remember that happened to an American around the turn of the century. Used to rock a blue/yellow Nike kit (not Michigan).
I'd have to go back to my old VHS tapes to remember that guy.
Or the Austrian in Osaka. Caught a spike, apparently, as he was preparing to take off for the barrier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_s6ahuPCwQ&ab_channel=sportsnetwork
One of the very few times I've seen a steeple barrier move when it was struck. On another occasion I saw someone strike a barrier hard enough to move it--he himself wasn't moving after that, though.
Apparently the steeple actually refers to church steeples when they used to run from steeple to steeple.
I didn't know this.
The event originated in Ireland.[2] Horses and riders raced from one town's steeple to the next. The steeples were used as markers due to their visibility over long distances. Along the way runners inevitably had to jump streams and low stone walls separating estates. The modern athletics event originates from a two-mile (3.2 km) cross country steeplechase that formed part of the University of Oxford sports (in which many of the modern athletics events were founded)[citation needed] in 1860. It was replaced in 1865 by an event over barriers on a flat field, which became the modern steeplechase.
I've seen some pretty bad falls.
I like the steeplechase barriers for stretching, they are quite useful.
Couldn't watch video but you have to be pretty short to get clotheslined but that lol.
Nice bump, brother.
track chick wrote:
Apparently the steeple actually refers to church steeples when they used to run from steeple to steeple.
I didn't know this.
The event originated in Ireland.[2] Horses and riders raced from one town's steeple to the next. The steeples were used as markers due to their visibility over long distances. Along the way runners inevitably had to jump streams and low stone walls separating estates. The modern athletics event originates from a two-mile (3.2 km) cross country steeplechase that formed part of the University of Oxford sports (in which many of the modern athletics events were founded)[citation needed] in 1860. It was replaced in 1865 by an event over barriers on a flat field, which became the modern steeplechase.
I've seen some pretty bad falls.
I like the steeplechase barriers for stretching, they are quite useful.
Thanks for the history lesson. Neat information.
I always heard you shouldn’t stretch on the barriers unless you going to be jumping over them. Kind of like don’t play on the long jump padding if you are a throw athlete.
günther weidlinger=beast
There is a reason that the Japanese NR is only 8:18.
historyappreciation wrote:
I always heard you shouldn’t stretch on the barriers unless you going to be jumping over them. Kind of like don’t play on the long jump padding if you are a throw athlete.
Yes they can be protective of the barriers (although not as much as the high jump mattresses!). I only used to stretch using them when no one was around.
I couldn't do steeplechase.
Many years ago myself and a friend tried to enter a steeple at an open meet (schools) and they wouldn't let us because we were female. We were a bit annoyed as they had announced it over the tannoy and said anyone who was interested to report in, so we did (but tbh, it was a good thing they didn't let us. They only had one height of barrier I think. It would've been a disaster)
historyappreciation wrote:
I always heard you shouldn’t stretch on the barriers unless you going to be jumping over them. Kind of like don’t play on the long jump padding if you are a throw athlete.
Not true.
track chick wrote:
(but tbh, it was a good thing they didn't let us. They only had one height of barrier I think. It would've been a disaster)
In the early days of women's SC, that one (men's) height was indeed the only height of the barriers: 36 inches IIRC.
Back then we had a woman on the xc team--varsity, but otherwise no great shakes--who was messing around with the hurdlers at some indoor practices. We noticed she was always clearing the women's highs (33in) by about half a foot. Well, shucks--so hurdling 36in should be no problem, right?
Conference steeplechase champ two years in a row.
