Also has an 8-foot vertical (data from June 2018).
https://www.outsideonline.com/2316776/spitfire-whippet-worlds-greatest-athlete
Also has an 8-foot vertical (data from June 2018).
https://www.outsideonline.com/2316776/spitfire-whippet-worlds-greatest-athlete
Spitfire the Whippet apparently identifies as a male human on its Facebook page. Facing pressure from the ACLU, the IAAF was forced to recognize his 31 foot jump as the new record, eclipsing Mike Powell's 1991 record of 29' 4-1/4". When asked for a comment about his new record, Spitfire the Whippet said, "Woof" and then licked his balls.
Yep, whippets just dominate.
https://www.lifewithdogs.tv/2017/04/whippet-good-dog-sets-new-guinness-record-for-balloon-popping/Davy my boy wrote:
Yep, whippets just dominate.
I see he went with the hang technique.
Why dont dogs do the long jump into sand like humans? The pool isnt a very accurate way to measure a long jump. They dont appear to even have a calibrated set of cameras, which could at least measure a bit more accurately, they seem to just be eyeballing it.
There's also the psychological angle. Humans KNOW they are COMPETING, while for dogs, it's just fun, maybe for treats.
Whippets rule, dude wrote:
Also has an 8-foot vertical (data from June 2018).
https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2018/10/11/17963868/spitfire-the-whippet-31-foot-jumo-worlds-most-athletic-doghttps://www.outsideonline.com/2316776/spitfire-whippet-worlds-greatest-athlete
Are you sure it wasn´t figuratively 31 feet?
brainpowered wrote:
There's also the psychological angle. Humans KNOW they are COMPETING, while for dogs, it's just fun, maybe for treats.
Right, I get that. But it seems like they would be willing to jump as far as possible into a sand pit using the same motivation as to get them to jump as far as possible into water. Then it would be easier to measure, since they could just measure the same way as they measure for people.
The only advantage of the water is it forces them to jump from the same spot. But yet could probably do something like put a kiddy pool at the end of a normal long jump runway so the dog is forced to jump right before the end of the runway. Or these competitions seem to use a custom built pool structure, so there should be no reason they couldn't make a sand landing area instead of water.
Sdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf wrote:
I see he went with the hang technique.
Why dont dogs do the long jump into sand like humans? The pool isnt a very accurate way to measure a long jump. They dont appear to even have a calibrated set of cameras, which could at least measure a bit more accurately, they seem to just be eyeballing it.
This is pure speculation (I really don't know), but I wonder if the pool is used (as opposed to sand) to protect their knees and ankles.
What sort of PED drug testing do they carry out for these events?
nope! landed lower than it took off. Significantly so. Would have landed at 29 or less in a level jump.
And to be legal it must be measured in meters.
Humans jump farther than dogs! Humans win something besides throwing!