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Thank you! That was the longest competition I have ever competed in. Started the warm up at 4pm and took my first jump at 10pm.

Thanks for posting that Becca. Usually CIS isn't very competitive, but my friend from Quebec had a 20cm pr and was beating me until I jumped 5.35m. He jumped 5.30m first attempt.

Nice vaulting! Takeoff just looks a little low, if you can fix that you could get your grip up a bit. It also looks like you're hesitant to drop your shoulders which would have probably got you back in time to clear the bungee. Good luck.

It was just a warm up jump, you can put the standards where ever you want then. In the competition if you read his blog he says that his standards were at 80, then 70 etc. As for 95cm if it were in the competition that would be too much depth. As for his speed in the video, i'm sure its just type of...

I watched some decathlon video's last night, and Visa sponsored all of the US decathletes in like 1991-1992, they had a huge training camp in Las Vegas I think.

Awesome job Straub!!

http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/news/kind=2/newsid=41096.html#spikes+thomas+leaps+confidently+fairy+tale+ending Thursday, 30 August 2007 ‘No spikes’ Thomas leaps confidently to a fairy tale ending Donald Thomas of Bahamas celebrates winning gold in the men's High Jump (Getty Images) Related N...

You can watch the days events at Osaka on www.cbc.ca/sports then just click on the little iaaf logo under the video screen, some of the womens footage is around 60min in.

nice jumps man!

Salto con garrocha Varonil Event 1 Men Pole Vault ========================= Name Year Team Finals ========================= Finals 1 Hartwig, Jeff USA 5.83m 2 Lanaro, Giovanni MEX 5.73m 3 Hysong, Nick USA 5.53m 3 Pratt, Robinson MEX 5.53m 5 Ryland, Daniel USA J5.53m 6 Viveros, Ruben MEX 4.83m 7 Mant...

Congrats Gabriella!

Other than the run, you should also consider the position of your arms while running, they tend to be very far back, so when you get up to the takeoff its a little late. Think about getting your arms moving up and infront of you, not blocking or whatever you want to call it, but just being tall and ...