World Indoor Championships Discussion and Results

[golfdane]

FWIW, Brad stated afterwards that he didn't know how his legs would react jumping two days in a row and was trying to minimize vaults. The best scenario for clearing 5.90 would have been a tie for first resulting in a jump off. If you're fatigued, going to a jump off probably isn't as good an idea as going for the win at the next height.

Had he cleared 590 first attempt, would he lead. Not tie. Walker cleared 585 first attempt while Lukyanenko used 2 attempts and Hooker hadn't even cleared 585. So best scenario would be clearing 590 first attempt, and gain the lead, and all 3 failing at 595, giving Walker the gold.

I think Brad probably knew his form wasn't good enough to clear 590, and purposefully overplayed his cards.

Gratz to Lukyanenko. He looked strong and controlled on all attempts.

Haven't noticed before, that Hooker ran a little to the left on his run-up, to overcome problems getting misaligned in the air (his first attempts were close to missing the pad to the right).

[golfdane]

But once Lukyanenko cleared 5.90 on his first attempt, the fact that Walker had been first over 5.85 was no longer significant. Had Walker jumped 5.90 and cleared it on his first attempt, the only significance of the earlier jumps is the number of misses, and here they'd still be tied with one apiece.

WHAT???
Had Walker cleared 590 first attempt, would the history of the 585 jump decide. Nothing more, nothing less. IOW, first attempt clearence by Walker WOULD have given Walker the lead. At least by the IAAF rules.

Edit: Read below before lecturing me.......

[golfdane]

I stand corrected: Rule 181, 8.b:
If the tie still remains, the athlete with the lowest total of
failures throughout the competition up to and including the
height last cleared, shall be awarded the higher place.

Both had one failure prior to 590.

Appearently, there's a huge flaw in my knowledge. I was 100% sure that you determine results from the top and down, until there's a difference.

[golfdane]

Damned danish T&F association....... The danish rules does not correspond with the IAAF rules on this. Man, I look like a fool

[jcoover]

you can always delete your post to prevent future embarassment

just kidding man we all make mistakes

[ashcraftpv]

its quite alright....I have much more respect for you that you admitted you were wrong. No shame in that. I used to be adamant about "knowing" the rules for a fact back in the day until I actually read the rule book.

[rainbowgirl28]

I wondered why Samsu didn't compete...

http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp? ... sec=sports

Roslinda was to have competed in the World Indoor Championships in Valencia on March 8 but she could not do so because her poles were delivered to her a day later.

[slvr1969]

Yhey can not be worst than Africa where I live!!!!