Will people get bored of Duplantis?

People won’t tire of seeing pole vault world records. Once he can’t go any higher I could see interest possibly wane.

Even taking Duplantis out of the equation, the men’s PV is absolutely stacked right now. That said, the sport loves dominant superstars so no, fans will not get bored if he keeps racking up titles.

I got bored of Duplantis a long time ago. Breaking the WR by increments of 1 cm, which is this width of a hair, is underwhelming.

it’s pole calumny. the most niche sport in the world. no one cares

A human hair is 75 micrometers. That means a cm is the width of 133 hairs. So nice try, but you’re not even close with this example to disparage the best pole vaulter.

I don't think that most people really care about the pole vault in general (sad, but true).

The only thing he's fighting for right now is "greatest of all time". I'm sure some people put him there already, but his goal is to remove all doubt. That makes it worth watching.

there are 2.54 CM per INCH - a CM is approx 3/8" - he is breaking the record by the width of a wooden pencil - over and over again...

What does an inch have to do with anything? Micrometer and centimeter are both metric units. A real sharp crowd around here

Why would it be sad that people don't care about the pole vault?

Why should people care about a niche track event, where the son of a world elite has an insurmountable advantage in training that noone else can access?

What does it matter what the world record is, when access is that restricted? Obviously we are not seeing the best the global human population could do, if all had an equal chance.

The event closest to that is the 400m. Literally everyone has the chance to race 400m, even if you're slow. If you're fast enough to amount to anything, you won't even need to know how to start from blocks.

I'm already bored of him.

I think his agent and team dropped the ball on their key marketing opportunity of his peak career window.

They filmed the Born to Fly documentary and then frustratingly held back the release in 2023. fair play, I thought they were negotiating to get it released on Netflix in the summer 2024 window leading up to the Olympics. you know, give Joe Public the drive-to-survive style back story of someone in the Olympics they should root for. Joe Public who isn't already tired of the 1cm world records because he hasn't been following.

But what did they do? released it on the Olympic channel.

womp womp

Who?

In my opinion the 100 m is not particularly exciting.

Saying that it is the most exciting event is like saying a tuna sandwich is better than one with ham.

Concerning no track events, I never and I'll never skip Duplantis jumps and, he's an absolute pleasure to see.

Is it also your opinion that most people feel the way you do?

I don't think most people recognize what a once-in-a-generation talent he is. I never thought a pole vaulter would be better than Bupka, but he is. And the PV is way harder than casual fans can appreciate.

I don't even watch the pole vault. Rubbish event.

He is "only" 20-40 cm ahead of his competition depending on the day, so he can still lose once in a while. I generally lose interest as soon as it distills down to just him making record attempts. I'm usually more interested in whatever race is not getting shown as a consequence. No matter how many times Trey stresses "best to ever do it" it's really not that exciting.

And yet the 100M in every global championship since they were invented has been and will continue to be the marquee event.