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by hardflex
Sat Aug 20, 2016 10:26 am
Forum: Pole Vault - International
Topic: Olympics!! How to watch/follow in the USA
Replies: 14
Views: 53745

Re: Olympics!! How to watch/follow in the USA

Just watched the Women's final, great jumping ! Congrats to the medal winners. I thought all the Women jumped well except Suhr who was ill. Fine Competition. I fear we are about to lose a lot of the old school Women. Isinbeyava, Boyd, Suhr, Sylva, Strutz, Murer. I'm hoping they'll compete in the las...
by hardflex
Tue Aug 16, 2016 12:04 pm
Forum: Pole Vault - International
Topic: Olympics!! How to watch/follow in the USA
Replies: 14
Views: 53745

Re: Olympics!! How to watch/follow in the USA

Why the Pass?, I guess you mean Braz at 5.98. When RL cleared it put Braz behind on misses, so jumping the 5.98 bar would still put him in 2nd. RL looked sharp, he was jumping great. He was clearly rattled when Braz cleared 6.03 otherwise I think He'd have made it himself. Kendricks had some great a...
by hardflex
Tue Aug 16, 2016 11:08 am
Forum: Pole Vault - International
Topic: Da Silva ???
Replies: 6
Views: 33680

Re: Da Silva ???

That was quite the finish to steal the Gold from Lavillinie. Amazing jump! I've never seen a guy flag off the top and still jump 6.0 meters. I wonder what his grip was on that jump?

RL had lot's of hip ht on 6.03 shows lots more to come.
by hardflex
Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:54 am
Forum: Pole Vault - International
Topic: Olympics!! How to watch/follow in the USA
Replies: 14
Views: 53745

Re: Olympics!! How to watch/follow in the USA

i watched the nbcolympics stream and the iaaf live results page on my phone to keep up with both groups. I was disappointed to see Wojek go out as he could have been a factor in the finals.

Looks like Lavillinie, Barber, and Kendricks for top 3,
by hardflex
Wed Aug 26, 2015 5:18 pm
Forum: Pole Vault - International
Topic: WC 2015 - Beijing
Replies: 49
Views: 97609

Re: WC 2015 - Beijing

Nice video there PVStudent. First thing that jumps out at me is that Murer is gripping much higher, on perhaps 157 poles?
by hardflex
Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:45 pm
Forum: Pole Vault - International
Topic: WC 2015 - Beijing
Replies: 49
Views: 97609

Re: WC 2015 - Beijing

that IAAF link to the pole vault cannot be viewed in the US...

I did see Lavillinie's 5.80 clearance was huge, what happened at the next bar? Barber had 3 or 4 inches on 5.90.
by hardflex
Mon Aug 24, 2015 2:25 pm
Forum: Pole Vault - International
Topic: WC 2015 - Beijing
Replies: 49
Views: 97609

Re: WC 2015 - Beijing

now for the women.... I'll pick Silva, Suhr Sidorova, Morris, Murer, and Kyriokopoulou. 4.70 to be in top 6. 4.75 1st attempt to be top three if the ht progressions go that way. Silva's Athleticism vs Suhr's Experience vs Sidorova's youth and technical excellence. Should be a good battle. I'm also r...
by hardflex
Mon Aug 24, 2015 12:06 pm
Forum: Pole Vault - International
Topic: WC 2015 - Beijing
Replies: 49
Views: 97609

Re: WC 2015 - Beijing

Congrats to Barber, that must be a first, a Canadian PV World Champ ! He jumped well, no misses until 6.0 m. Lavillinie opened at 5.80, 1st attempt clearance. Out at 5.90, 4 jumps total. I don't think he had enough jumps to fine tune everything. I think the large height increments changed the result...
by hardflex
Sun Aug 23, 2015 2:44 pm
Forum: Pole Vault - International
Topic: WC 2015 - Beijing
Replies: 49
Views: 97609

Re: WC 2015 - Beijing

I'll take a stab at the top 8 Gonna be a great show !


top 3 Lavillinie Barber Lisek over 5.90 in that order.
Holzdeppe and Wojciechowski and Kendricks battle for next 3 positions 5.80 or better. 4th will be 5.85
Kudlica, and Gripich round out the top 8. 7th will be 5.80 3rd attempt
by hardflex
Sat Aug 22, 2015 11:51 am
Forum: Pole Vault - International
Topic: Preview of IAAF Men's PV Bejing 2015
Replies: 9
Views: 24179

Re: Preview of IAAF Men's PV Bejing 2015

Qualifying finished, 16 over 5.70. , Fillipidis and Braz are gone, as is Walker. http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/news/report/men/pole-vault/qualification Among notable casualties of the qualification were the South American record holder T...
by hardflex
Fri Aug 21, 2015 6:42 pm
Forum: Pole Vault - International
Topic: Preview of IAAF Men's PV Bejing 2015
Replies: 9
Views: 24179

Re: Preview of IAAF Men's PV Bejing 2015

I second your picks, seems logical. Do we know the height progressions? that could be a factor. Didn't Holzdeppe beat Lavillinie on misses at one meet? A jump of around 5.90 on a first attempt could beat Lavillinie if he's off just a bit. I would look for either Holzdeppe or Barber as being likely i...
by hardflex
Thu Aug 20, 2015 6:50 pm
Forum: Pole Vault - International
Topic: Men's World Rankings 2015
Replies: 6
Views: 20768

Re: Men's World Rankings 2015

I'm not completely sure either but I'd suspect that it means bet 9 dollars on Lavillinie to win 1 or 1 on Shaun Barber to win 5 in the Match Bet. Oddsmakers thnk Barber is the best competition for Renauld, that tells me he's made his mark ! If you were a betting person, the Barber or Holzdeppe might...

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