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Did the wind switch? Everybody's coming up short.

VaultMarq26 wrote:

achtungpv wrote:no pole speed.

my feed sucks, What do you think is causing that?

He wasn't prepared to jump. He had like 3 seconds left and had to go. ended up under and a late plant.

no pole speed.

That looked like he'd been sitting in the cold and wasn't warmed up.

I think his top hand was stuck to the pole.

Otto by 2 feet.

I think that official died and no one noticed. He does not move!

Dude, that official totally looks like Roman from Big Love.

bit of a blow through for Lewis.

Finally got to watch the prelim. The most intriguing thing, IMO, is if Holzdeppe finally going to live up to the potential he showed jumping 5.80 as a junior. His 5.65 was at least 5.95.

Barto wrote:"You have to believe you can win the meet on the smallest pole in your bag. If you don't, then you need to go back home and learn how to pole vault."
- Greg Duplantis circa 1995

Exactly.

I gotta say it why the heck do they have a one way runway in the biggest meet there is. I mean don't ya think they could at least turn it the opposite way. :dazed: The meet referees (not event officials) make that decision to switch one hour to ninety minutes before start of competition. After that...