Men's PV Qualifying - Some big names miss finals

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Unread postby ashcraftpv » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:01 am

Why would Sawano pass his 3rd at 5.55m? I could understand if it were the final, but what would he gain by giving himself only one attempt at 5.65m? Your main goal in qualifying is to not go out, not play passing games. He would have been better off taking that 3rd jump at 5.55m so he'd potentially have 3 jumps at 5.65m and not one.
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Unread postby achtungpv » Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:23 am

Was Sawano's 2nd & 3rd back to back? If so, I could understand passing the third to buy some recovery time. Otherwise, not a good move.

After watching the few jumps on Vs. last night...

Hooker overstrides badly at the box. He was doing this a few weeks ago when he jumped 5.87 and bailed several times that day. Definitely needs to fix that to win.

Ecker looked really good. He'll clear 5.90 tomorrow.

Walker looked very good and made 5.70 by 8-9". I'd give him a slight edge right now.

Oh yeah, Brad, '00 called. They want their frosted tips back.
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:21 pm

Pictures by Paul Merca http://www.polevaultpower.com/media/07worldsmqpm/
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Unread postby SlickVT » Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:19 pm

Brad and Jeff pulled a Beckham with the hair styles.

Nice.
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Unread postby Lax PV » Fri Aug 31, 2007 10:35 pm

achtungpv wrote:Oh yeah, Brad, '00 called. They want their frosted tips back.


perfect.
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