ventolin^3 wrote:
GoldenMiles wrote:It is interesting that most of Edwards's top times had a wind behind them.Looking at the all-time top list, it is nice to see that someone else (Teddy, who you mentioned) has cleared 18 meters in recent years.
this is biggest jump in history apart from walt davis's 17.63 at '04 trials where he mis-happed the landing:
18.26
25cm better intrinsic jump than edwards wr
( although edwards windy 18.43 was his best ever jump )
( i did the detailed calculations for that ole post but not posted - you can work them out with mureika's 50m wind-altitude calculator )
unfortunately, it was a foul by 11cm from counting, but basic 18.26m from toe-sand
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IWuI7pJA4OE&sns=twhttp://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?board=1&id=5272758&thread=5263586
What a shame that one was a foul. Triple jumping is one of the most interesting of track and field disciplines...no clue how they made it up, to be honest.