Lavillenie vs Bubka
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 7:17 pm
Given Lavillenie's recent successes and the promise of more to come, it seems to me it is time to start a serious objective discussion as to who's technique is superior, Lavillenie's or Bubka's?
Note, I start with the premise that Lavillenie obviously does not base his technque on the Bubka/Petrov model. In fact I consider Lavillenie's technique so different that he can be called the anti-Bubka.
If we compare the athletic attributes of both vaulters, Bubka has nearly all the advantages. Bubka is 21/4" taller. He is obviously stronger/more powerful and he is significantly faster. Although some people on this site dispute this, based on reliable sources, Bubka was reported to have run the 100m in 10.3. Lavillenie's best 100m time is 11.03. Note, it is indisputably documented that Bubka is the fastest 6m or better vaulter over the last 5m of the run by a tenth of a second ( unfortunately no time is available for Lavillenie ). The only athletic ability where Lavillenie may have the edge is gymnastic body controll.
Given that Bubka is in nearly all respects a superior athlete,it stands to reason that if Lavillenie equals or breaks Bubka's record, his technique must be considered superior ( this seems like a reasonable agruement even if it is based only on Lavillenie's recent 6.08 vault).
Note, I start with the premise that Lavillenie obviously does not base his technque on the Bubka/Petrov model. In fact I consider Lavillenie's technique so different that he can be called the anti-Bubka.
If we compare the athletic attributes of both vaulters, Bubka has nearly all the advantages. Bubka is 21/4" taller. He is obviously stronger/more powerful and he is significantly faster. Although some people on this site dispute this, based on reliable sources, Bubka was reported to have run the 100m in 10.3. Lavillenie's best 100m time is 11.03. Note, it is indisputably documented that Bubka is the fastest 6m or better vaulter over the last 5m of the run by a tenth of a second ( unfortunately no time is available for Lavillenie ). The only athletic ability where Lavillenie may have the edge is gymnastic body controll.
Given that Bubka is in nearly all respects a superior athlete,it stands to reason that if Lavillenie equals or breaks Bubka's record, his technique must be considered superior ( this seems like a reasonable agruement even if it is based only on Lavillenie's recent 6.08 vault).