Could Mondo be the BIGGEST Field Star We Have Ever Seen!!

He's no Brian Oldfield.

big name fan wrote:

He's no Brian Oldfield.

I think you mean Al Oerter.

Money wise the mid level stars of today are earning more than the #1 guy from 30 years ago.

(citation needed)

So hopefully he is cashing big. But it is unlikely he will match Bubka for the most times breaking a world record.

who?

***sees a white person set a world record in an event no brown person has ever attempted but one that they would surely dominate once they attempted***

White people: OMFG! Best Athletic ever been! The white race is much the strongest; here is proved!

Carl Lewis doing the LJ

Armin Tamzarian wrote:

***sees a white person set a world record in an event no brown person has ever attempted but one that they would surely dominate once they attempted***

White people: OMFG! Best Athletic ever been! The white race is much the strongest; here is proved!

Lawrence Johnson (UTenn, 4x NCAA Champ, former NCAA Record holder, Olympic silver medalist) is very offended by your blatant racism.

If he had a personality he could. He clears 6.18 and doesn’t even smile. If they can teach him how to entertain a crowd, he could be a huge star. He should hire Levenille to be his entertainment coach.

Breaux Greer, Carl Lewis, Jackie Joyner, Latsiskene, Al Oerter, Bubka (I knew who Bubka was and I didn’t even know what a pole vault was). Even Kendricks and Lavillain-knee are more popular.

If he wants to be as big as possible he needs to break the world record again at the olympics. He needs ordinary people to see him break the world record on live TV.

Look at Usain Bolt, breaks the world record in 2008 on live tv in Beijing... He goes on to run even faster in 2009 at world championships, but the 2008 performance got him way more recognition.

With Mondo already having the world record, all eyes will be on him for the pole vault, and if he beats it again while all eyes are on him in the olympics, then it'll be huge.

Sergey Bubka is going to be hard to catch as a Field star.

Bubka has an Olympic Gold and 6 World Championship Golds.

He broke the pole vault record a combined 35 times including indoor and outdoor.

He was the first ever over 20 feet.

And he was very charismatic.

Javier Sotamayor was a big Field star as the first and only high jumper over 8 feet along with his titles.

pierre_paris_206 wrote:

Carl Lewis doing the LJ

Close, the biggest field event star ever has to be Bob Beamon. They still trot out the video of his 8.90 meter (29' 2") jump from the 1968 Olympics on sports shows once in a while. Heck the term Beamonesque is still used in sports circles over 50 years later. I will say though the videos on youtube of Mike Powell versus Carl Lewis in the long jump in the '91 world champs where Powell broke Beamon's world record have to be the most watched field event videos on youtube:

Don't get me wrong, Mondo is great for the sport, huge even. But pole vault is just a little bit too niche for the average person to appreciate it. And when you look at the survey results the IAAF did last year about diamond league events, the long jump was the second most popular event after the 100m dash:

The bottom line is the long jump is the marque field event the same way the 100m is on the track, everyone appreciates it and at the highest level it captures people's imagination. The first man that comes along and breaks Michael Powell's record, especially if they can jump over the 9 meter barrier or even 30' will be a living legend.