Tsatoumas does it again, 8.54!!!

[vgbasil]

Today in Venizeleia meeting. He stepped 10 to 15 cm behind the red mark. I don't know the wind yet but it was legal. He did one foul first (just a little) that was huge, and then did this jump and stopped competing. The TV camera this time had the right angle so I hope someone will post the video on YouTube.

[Nikoluski]

Wow, he is in some form or what!

Saving it for the Nationals next week then perhaps?

[lefterisp]

I hope he saves something for the WC as well

[vgbasil]

These are the final results:

1 TSATOUMAS Louis GRE 8.54 +1.8
2 BECKFORD James JAM 8.22 +1.3
3 STARZAK Martin POL 8.04 +0.7
4 NOUSIOS Asterios GRE 7.90 +0.6
5 MAKRINIKOLAS Tasos GRE 7.88 +2.0
6 DIAMANTARAS Dimitrios GRE 7.83 +0.2
7 MERSAL Hatem EGY 7.65 -0.2
8 SHKURLATOV Vitaly RUS 7.52 +1.0
9 KATSIS Petros GRE 7.50 +1.0
10 FILANDARAKIS Nikos GRE 7.40 +1.6
11 MIHALELIS Dimitris GRE 6.79 +1.1

I'm a little worried that Tsatoumas is getting in top form too early.

[Track fan]

So much for his previous mark being a fluke or a result of chicanery.... :lol:

[jeremyp]

So much for his previous mark being a fluke or a result of chicanery.... :lol:

The season is still young!!!

[pela2]

These are the full results:

1 TSATOUMAS Louis GRE 8.54 +1.8
2 BECKFORD James JAM 8.22 +1.3
3 STARZAK Martin POL 8.04 +0.7
4 NOUSIOS Asterios GRE 7.90 +0.6
5 MAKRINIKOLAS Tasos GRE 7.88 +2.0
6 DIAMANTARAS Dimitrios GRE 7.83 +0.2
7 MERSAL Hatem EGY 7.65 -0.2
8 SHKURLATOV Vitaly RUS 7.52 +1.0
9 KATSIS Petros GRE 7.50 +1.0
10 FILANDARAKIS Nikos GRE 7.40 +1.6
11 MIHALELIS Dimitris GRE 6.79 +1.1

I'm a little worried that Tsatoumas is getting in top form too early.

shouldn't the full results include all jumps for all athletes?

[pela2]

So much for his previous mark being a fluke or a result of chicanery.... :lol:

I'm still waiting for a long long jump outside Greece. I think it is 8.30 in Berlin last year.

[Guest]

you mean a long long jump?

[pela2]

you mean a long long jump?

it's now corrected. Thanks.

[Kurt Francis]

Sorry, Trackfan, but that 8.66 mark was not into a legal pit at all. Just look at the video...very wavy surface of the sand. I suspect that the mark was more like 8.16-8.36m. I won't believe any 28' marks out of him until I see it abroad.

Kurt

So much for his previous mark being a fluke or a result of chicanery.... :lol:

[vgbasil]

[quote=Kurt Francis]Sorry, Trackfan, but that 8.66 mark was not into a legal pit at all. Just look at the video...very wavy surface of the sand. I suspect that the mark was more like 8.16-8.36m. I won't believe any 28' marks out of him until I see it abroad.

Kurt

So much for his previous mark being a fluke or a result of chicanery.... :lol:

[/quote:2qqqolyy]

But if you watch the video you will see that the mark he left on the sand was very clear, so I don't think that the sand is an issue. Anyway, he will participate in quite a few meetings abroad, so all we have to do is to wait and see.

[AS]

Anyone else think the cynicism here is bordering on rascist?

If some US jumper with a series of 8.30s under his belt popped out an 8.65m in some minor US meet we wouldn't see this level of sarcasm and questioning. Instead we'd see claims to wind/altitude-adjustment putting it up in the Myricks-Powell-Lewis-Beamon territory (and all non-USAnians would be ignored). Subsequently we'd digress into "a Jesse Owens would have jumped 9.20" discussion.

Tsatoumas looks the real deal to me. Two different meets are a tough conspiracy to swallow...

[paulthefan]

Sorry, Trackfan, but that 8.66 mark was not into a legal pit at all. Just look at the video...very wavy surface of the sand. I suspect that the mark was more like 8.16-8.36m. I won't believe any 28' marks out of him until I see it abroad.

I was one of the first to notice the poorly groomed pit on the 8.66 mark... However I cant imagine any pit being so poorly groomed as to account for .5 meters as you are postulating Kurt...

Time will certainly tell on this one.. my remaining skepticism is based on seeing the jump, if an athlete as moderate speed and moderate lift then I expect moderate distances.. if the athlete pops off an 8.6 meter jump and he does not have the requisite speed down the runway he had better be getting quite high to do it.. I hope the fellow is for real, but if a US High schooler with 10.5 speed recorded an 8.6m jump with average height off the ground Id raise an eyebrow and chalk it up to the coeds officiating the foul mark and the two manning the rakes at the end of the pit.

[AS]

...I hope the fellow is for real, but if a US High schooler with 10.5 speed recorded an 8.6m jump with average height off the ground Id raise an eyebrow and chalk it up to the coeds officiating the foul mark and the two manning the rakes at the end of the pit.

Even if said highschooler had been a regular 8.20-8.30m performer for a couple of seasons already??