That is extremely sick. Is he a HS junior?
That is extremely sick. Is he a HS junior?
Yep.
Put on a USA jersey or get out.
This kid must be on something. Probably his bike for six hours a day. What are you on?
Very low-key, to say the least:
What makes him so ridiculously good compared to his peers? Speed? Upper body strength? Core strength? Form? All these things at the security time? He doesn't look that jacked.
On MileSplit his only non pole vault PRs are a 22'9 long jump and a 40'5 triple jump. I wonder what he could run for 100m or how much he lifts
Lance Espoir wrote:
This kid must be on something. Probably his bike for six hours a day. What are you on?
Let me guess... Rich parents.
Never Pole Vaulted wrote:
What makes him so ridiculously good compared to his peers? Speed? Upper body strength? Core strength? Form? All these things at the security time? He doesn't look that jacked.
Why deny the obvious. It's all about genetics. The pole vault is dominated by white people since they have thicker lower legs which makes them ideally suited to riding poles. You don't see any Kenyans or Jamaicans breaking pole vault records, do you?
5.90 for those of us that use metrics for field events. Absolutely incredible. I thought before he was a dark horse to medal at worlds, but needed a few things to break his way. This shows he might be a medal favorite by the time London rolls around.
rideapole wrote:
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Why deny the obvious. It's all about genetics. The pole vault is dominated by white people since they have thicker lower legs which makes them ideally suited to riding poles. You don't see any Kenyans or Jamaicans breaking pole vault records, do you?
You won't see Jamaicans breaking pole vault records because they can't achieve all-around athleticism...
Time to quit this Swedish fixation and compete for his birth country now that it is entirely obvious he will be more than capable of making the team even as an under 20 athlete (even as a high school junior!).
Event 97 Men Pole Vault ELITE MEN
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World: W 6.16m 2014 Renaud Lavillenie, FRA
American: A 6.04m 2008 Brad Walker, Nike
Collegiate: C 5.98m 1996 Lawrence Johnson, Tennessee
Myers Std: F 5.91m 2015 Shawn Barber, Akron
TX Relays: M 5.91m 2016 Shawn Barber, Akron
Name Year School Finals
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1 Armand Duplantis 11 Lafayette HS 5.90m 19-04.25
5.20 5.35 5.50 5.65 5.75 5.80 5.85 5.90
PPP O O O PPP XO PPP XXO
2 Logan Cunningham NIKE 5.50m 18-00.50
5.20 5.35 5.50 5.65
PPP XXO XO XXX
2 Shawn Barber NIKE 5.50m 18-00.50
5.20 5.35 5.50 5.65
PPP XXO XO XXX
-- Parks McNeil JR Texas NH
5.20
XXX
-- Reese Watson Unattached NH
5.20
XXX
sure he CAN make the American team, but he is virtually guaranteed to make the Swedish team. No problem with him competing for them at all, smart move in my book.
fakt chekr wrote:
Lance Espoir wrote:This kid must be on something. Probably his bike for six hours a day. What are you on?
Let me guess... Rich parents.
Actually, parents with the right genes and knowledge. Dad's PV best is 5.80.
Never Pole Vaulted wrote:
What makes him so ridiculously good compared to his peers? Speed? Upper body strength? Core strength? Form? All these things at the security time? He doesn't look that jacked.
He's been jumping since he was very young, and has the world age records almost every year from age 7 to present. He is fast and very strong relative to his size.
vzxc.m, wrote:
Time to quit this Swedish fixation and compete for his birth country now that it is entirely obvious he will be more than capable of making the team even as an under 20 athlete (even as a high school junior!).
He would easily make the US team, unless he NH'd or something, but he has already competed for Sweden internationally several times (World Youth, World Juniors, etc) so to switch back I believe he'd have to sit out a year or two to do so.
There isn't much upside to switching back. At this point he's basically guaranteed to be on Team Sweden for every team ever. From what I've heard, they don't have a Trials, their National Champs are after Worlds/Olympics.
He would easily make all the US teams at this point, but there is an added pressure of needing to make a bar at the Championships.
Maybe way later in his career it would make more sense to switch, but right now it seems like a lot of downside with not so much upside.
Never Pole Vaulted wrote:
What makes him so ridiculously good compared to his peers? Speed? Upper body strength? Core strength? Form? All these things at the security time? He doesn't look that jacked.
Well I think the fact he's been doing it since he was a tiny kid is huge. I mean how many start the pole vault at the beginning of their athletic careers?
Here is a video of the record vault:https://twitter.com/dreasduplantis/status/848268095764430848
Flo'da boy wrote:
On MileSplit his only non pole vault PRs are a 22'9 long jump and a 40'5 triple jump. I wonder what he could run for 100m or how much he lifts
I wonder what he could do for baseball. Did he ever play? His brother is pretty darn good.
https://twitter.com/LSUbaseball/status/842960826327863297IAAF article also notes it's a new Swedish senior national record (5.87m set by Oscar Janson in 2003)
https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/lindon-victor-decathlon-texas
Never Pole Vaulted wrote:
What makes him so ridiculously good compared to his peers? Speed? Upper body strength? Core strength? Form? All these things at the security time? He doesn't look that jacked.
The plant is essential to the vault, and since Du plant is his middle name of course he is a great vaulter.
Wait, I'm not sure what his middle name is...at least he already has a cool nickname so Dwight stones can't give him a stupid one later.