With Ivan Ukhov clearing 2.41m with ease and the Frenchman Lavillenie smoking over 6.08m last month, this will be an interesting year. My pick is Bubka's mark goes down.
With Ivan Ukhov clearing 2.41m with ease and the Frenchman Lavillenie smoking over 6.08m last month, this will be an interesting year. My pick is Bubka's mark goes down.
most of the jump records are steroid enhanced
there must be new drugs doing the rounds in these events
2.45m goes down first. Very competitive at the top.
True
The pole vault wr won't happen
Bohdan Bondarenko will jump 2.46m within the next 3 years
Moe's Tavern wrote:
With Ivan Ukhov clearing 2.41m with ease and the Frenchman Lavillenie smoking over 6.08m last month, this will be an interesting year. My pick is Bubka's mark goes down.
Amazing that Both of these huge records are in jeopardy!
I agree that the PV mark is more likely. The margin of error in a PV of that height is very small, but I'm thinking you'd need an even more perfect high jump to top 246.
This is easily a 10cm clearance. Watch at 1:03 and Bubka is gone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsgEegHAQKQ
Forgot to add Bondarenko in the HU mix. Given the right day, he and Ukhov could push each other to a new WR.
Definitely Bubka mark.
Bubka will be history
In some ways, I hate to see records that are so phenomenal broken (like Beamon's 29' 2.5 but then I'm a Mike Powell so i'm a hypocrite). Hey, I'm still mad the SWC broke up, but I do see Bubka's mark more in danger. I saw him set that 6.15 jump.In the HJ you have to be "more perfect" as the hang time is shorter but this should be an interesting year.
Bring Back the 880 wrote:
Amazing that Both of these huge records are in jeopardy!
I agree that the PV mark is more likely. The margin of error in a PV of that height is very small, but I'm thinking you'd need an even more perfect high jump to top 246.
Damn Troy! You called this. You never cease to amaze! Why aren't you on TV or still managing?
6.16 today by lavillenie. Bye, bye Sergei.
Letstroll police wrote:
2.45m goes down first. Very competitive at the top.
I don't think so. Lavillenie is on a roll right now. He might even break it this weekend in Donetsk.
The technology itself made Bubka's record more susceptible, but he held that for a long, long time. Sotomayor's outdoor mark may go this year as well. Bondarenko has shown the ability.
THE LIGHTNESS strikes again ...
definitely a certain ped running rampant in athletics at
moment and previous years more select but now the secret is out and that no repercussions for use ,ask bolt .
you can not dispute that .
not just pole vault ,high jump , decathlon too.
fact know that there is alittle group of french athletes
getting enhancement from it ,igf-1 lr3 .
speed is king ,
renaud's speed is very good for event and why went to longer pole
what could he run for 60m ,100m anyone .
Moe's Tavern wrote:
With Ivan Ukhov clearing 2.41m with ease and the Frenchman Lavillenie smoking over 6.08m last month, this will be an interesting year. My pick is Bubka's mark goes down.
Wow!
You nailed it. Congratulations!
Should have picked a date (ha!) but his 6.08m clearance said he had it in him but many thought Hooker to be the heir-apparent a few years back.
NativeSon wrote:
Moe's Tavern wrote:With Ivan Ukhov clearing 2.41m with ease and the Frenchman Lavillenie smoking over 6.08m last month, this will be an interesting year. My pick is Bubka's mark goes down.
Wow!
You nailed it. Congratulations!
The question now is, how long till Sotomayor's record is broken?
What about the battle or the other two jumps, long vs triple? Mike Powell's jump of 8.95m was set only four years before Jonathan Edwards' 18.29m. Although, in my opinion, no one is really looking good to take either any time soon.
Thesmallcheese wrote:
The question now is, how long till Sotomayor's record is broken?
What about the battle or the other two jumps, long vs triple? Mike Powell's jump of 8.95m was set only four years before Jonathan Edwards' 18.29m. Although, in my opinion, no one is really looking good to take either any time soon.
I think Teddy Tamgho is a credible threat to Edward's 18.29m.
the tj is a p!ss-poor event in terms of talent pool - niche event
i'm pretty sure i've got a solid equivalency formula for lj -> tj
tj = ( pi -1 )*lj
-> 18.29 = 8.54m
it's even poorer than that when you consider that 18.29 had a +1.3
prelim estimates give that as an ~ 18.05 basic jump ( 0 wind ) which ->
8.42m
for a 0 wind lj
any top-end lj talent if they'd done tj instead ( probably from a youngish age ) woud have stood a damn good chance of jumping 18.29 ( or it's 0 wind equivalent )
aduck2022 wrote:
speed is king ,
renaud's speed is very good for event and why went to longer pole
what could he run for 60m ,100m anyone .
Correct that speed is super important. Wrong that Renaud is super fast. His 100m is only about 11 flat. He went to a longer pole as his technique got better. He stays behind the pole at takeoff (to continue to exert pressure on the pole) better than just about anyone...ever.
P.S. Bubka was a legit 10.28 in his late teens. One of the 10 fastest guys at the time in the USSR. I believe that he also has a PB of over 8m in the LJ. Could have been an all time great in the deca if he had chosen to not be a once-in-a-generation vaulter.