he actually pulls off the look of surprise quite well.
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.
it'd be like saying Hocker is running mile repeats in 3:45 in practice.
Dude, you can argue he's not setting a WR record out of competition without using a preposterous comparison to running an all out mile and a single PV attempt. What are we doing here.
it'd be like saying Hocker is running mile repeats in 3:45 in practice.
Dude, you can argue he's not setting a WR record out of competition without using a preposterous comparison to running an all out mile and a single PV attempt. What are we doing here.
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. Your reaction is valid because his performances are that good.
So did others. Karalis skipped 5.90 from 5.80 and went completely vertical at 6.00m with no horizontal penetration. Massive height over 6.00, but with no forward penetration, came right down on it. This is where Mondo is superior...he gets the hip height AND keeps some forward travel.
He's definitely used that size of pole and that long a run in practice. How else would he have known where to start his run, where to grip the pole, where to place the standards? He wouldnt have gotten all that perfect on his first attempt without some simulations.
He's definitely used that size of pole and that long a run in practice. How else would he have known where to start his run, where to grip the pole, where to place the standards? He wouldnt have gotten all that perfect on his first attempt without some simulations.
Vaulters constantly make adjustments from jump to jump on pole/run/grip. Mondo regularly grabs new poles in meets that he has never touched in practice.
Yes, he is doing some of his practice jumps with the same length of pole and the same number of steps in the run, but the exact grip height, pole stiffness, and starting point of his run are going to be different in a meet than 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, 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.