6.16m = 20' 3 1/2"
Pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie of France broke one of athletics' oldest records when he cleared 6.16 meters to beat Sergei Bubka's 21-year-old indoor record with Bubka cheering from the stands in Donetsk, Ukraine on Saturday.
Looks like he had good clearance, at least 3 - 4" ... maybe 6".
You must understand, in order to have had a 6" clearance, he would have had to clear the bar with "all body parts" throughout the jump. Hard to tell by just looking at 'hips over the bar at the apex of the jump. It was clean though ..... Too bad he's French. Long live Sergey!!!!!!!
ReplyDelete.....also, 6.16 = 20 feet 2 and 33/64
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