Mutaz Essa Barshim hurdles the high jump bar at 6'4" (NBCSports video)

I thought this was bad journalism, like "throws the shot put". But nope, he runs at it like McLeod and hurdles it.

Stefan Holm is 5'11". Little lower than Barshim's jump (who was warming up for his event, not training...)

In other words, Barshim couldn't do that three times in a tight row. The height matters not one bit. It is the height over the head that matters.

There is no 6' 4" on any high jump bar jumped by an international elite like Mutaz. IAAF measurements are in the units of enlightened science, not the jumbled nonsense of ignorant Saxon peasants.

That dude put his balls on the line more than Mo Farah ever will.

Look at his PB 2.43 jump. Super good. Hope a breaks the record.

super good jumper wrote:

Look at his PB 2.43 jump. Super good. Hope a breaks the record.

I agree with you. I coached track, I did not coach the high jump but we had a very good HJ coach. One thing I know about the high jump is that you can jump too much- as in too many competitions and (as in Barshim's case) too many times in one competition.

He almost always starts at a very low height and jumps at every height.

Now that the WC's are over he can go in later and start at the WR height on his 4th or so jump.

Bad Wigins wrote:

There is no 6' 4" on any high jump bar jumped by an international elite like Mutaz. IAAF measurements are in the units of enlightened science, not the jumbled nonsense of ignorant Saxon peasants.

Were you born a jerk, or did it take years of training?

Holm does the same scissor kick at 1:45:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TrkL8OqxJU

Sorry, wrong vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NPVpI9zUpI

He not only hurdles the bar, but he does it while still wearing his warmups.

Bad Wigins wrote:

There is no 6' 4" on any high jump bar jumped by an international elite like Mutaz. IAAF measurements are in the units of enlightened science, not the jumbled nonsense of ignorant Saxon peasants.

Hahaha!

Whipp wrote:

Stefan Holm is 5'11". Little lower than Barshim's jump (who was warming up for his event, not training...)

You do realize that Holm holds the world record of high jump differential. That is Holm is 1.81m(5'11.25") and his PB is 2.40m (7' 10.25"). So he jump 0.59m (23 inches) above his height. Only Franklin Jacobs equaled this (he was 5'8").

So you had to draw out one of the greatest high jumpers in history ... to prove how extrordinary Bashrim accomplishments are.

And yes 6'4" is a height the bar can be set to in PRACTICE, not actual competition.

Not impressed. He severely underachieved in that meet, like most meets.

That guy has so much natural spring and limber back bend he should be clearing 7-10+ with regularity. Instead he leaves so many jumps out there with great clearance other than one silly mistake. All three final misses yesterday were like that.

Meanwhile the lesser jumpers so often barely clear the bar everywhere but it rattles and stays. If Barshim ever had a jump like that it would be the world record.

Awsi Dooger wrote:

Not impressed. He severely underachieved in that meet, like most meets.

That guy has so much natural spring and limber back bend he should be clearing 7-10+ with regularity. Instead he leaves so many jumps out there with great clearance other than one silly mistake. All three final misses yesterday were like that.

Dummy, he had a perfect card until everyone else was OUT.

No high jumper would criticize a winner for three misses at a height NOBODY cleared. That is how most competitions end, you get that, right? (If the winner even takes those jumps.)

I went to high school with a guy who scissored 6'6" in flip flops (while in high school)

I do not find hurdling the high jump bar at 6'4" to be very impressive for a jump atlete of his quality. I've seen much lesser athletes hurdle higher settings.

Athletico wrote:

Holm does the same scissor kick at 1:45:

Yes, thank you--it was a SCISSOR KICK and not a hurdle. Sheesh.

FYI Dwight Stones was known to straddle-jump the bar at ~7ft while in competition, then revert to the flop while on his way up to record territory.