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Kirk, there's a big difference in 'accelerating INTO the take-off', and 'accelerating at take-off'. Roman is arguing, that the free pole drop facilitates accelerating on the last few steps, but also (correctly) points out, that the take-off itself (assuming a take-off angle higher than a few percent...

I have known Pekka since 2008-2009, and have never met someone more committed to pole vault. It is a huge loss to those he impacted on a daily basis, as well as those of us who only met him at meetings or championships or on Facebook. Pekka cared more than most, regardless of anything. He will be re...

Patience.

"We will enable membership functions and content when we prepare minimum amount of content to make your membership worthwhile. Please, be patient little bit left to do to open the doors."

Well, his swing has been much more radical. Just check his performance at World Youth Championships in Lille, France:
http://youtu.be/3zAI2NY7MBI

Semantics.... Of course there is a push! It just depends what you mean by pushing. The vaulter tries to "push" the pole towards vertical at takeoff. This energy is transferred through the hands. I'd like to say, that this energy is located in the lower chest, and the best way to maintain a...

The direction of the bend is not relevant in regards to the direction of force or energy. The bend does not point in the direction of the stored energy of the pole. The thrust vector of this stored energy goes from the bottom of the pole to the top hand (or somewhere in between the hand, depending o...

hye sounds like what your saying is the weight of the pole ends up "slowing" the run slightly? which would mean he needs to move in (closer "MID"-six step), which to do and know this he needs to be "catching" a six step "MID"... the weight would be the only f...

http://youtu.be/ufx9s-QlH7c My Panasonic HD cam ran out of battery, so I had to resort to my iPad, which hasn't any zoom capabilities. There were quite a lot of scary moments, that I didn't get on video. Kirillov had a jump with full inversion, where he had no penetration at all. He was extremely l...

rainbowgirl28 wrote:Oh dear

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Looks like Ukraine's Hanna Shelekh, the No.2 junior pole vaulter of all-time, has broken her arm in the pole vault.

Damn, damn, damn......
Never let go.......

Shelekh out. Bad miss: No penetration and let go of the pole. Landed in the box. Hopefully, it's not as bad as it looked, but I doubt it.

At 1:29 can you see Isinbayeva's 2nd attempt at 4.71m.
http://youtu.be/g-XSctrSpkY
Still "taking off" under. Not as tight on top, like she used to be. Any video of the 4.81 clearance?

I can only assume that the people that made this rule truly hate the event of pole vault and pole vaulters and would like to see such an increase of injuries that the event can be banned. I think they must have thought of the rule by attending a baseball game and watching pitchers warm-up between e...