London GP mPV

[BruceFlorman]

Re: London GP mPV

Probably won't be quite as exciting as the women's ( ya think?!)

Not quite... but not bad either.

[Jnathletics]

Lukyanenko RUS wins 5.97
Hooker 5.97
Straub 5.72
Walker 5.72

                           542 562 572 577 582 587 592 597 602 
1 Yevgeniy LUKYANENKO -   O   -   -   O   -   XO  XO  XXX 5.97 
2 Steve HOOKER        -   O   -   -   XO  O   O   XXO XXX 5.97
3 Alexander STRAUB    O   O   O   -   XXX                 5.72
3 Brad WALKER         -   -   O   -   -   -   X-  XX      5.72
5 Steve LEWIS         O   O   -   -   XXX                 5.62
6 Denis YURCHENKO     XO  XO  XX- X                       5.62
7 Sergey KUCHERYANU   O   XXX                             5.42
8 Tim LOBINGER        XXO XXX                             5.42
- Alhaji JENG         XXX                                 NH
- Maxim MAZURYK                                           DNS   XX

So only 2 were over 5.82, Walker passed to 5.92 ??

[Marlow]

      5.42 5.62 5.72 5.77 5.82 5.87 5.92 5.97 6.02 
 KUCHERYANU O  XXX  
 STRAUB O  O  O  -  XXX  
 JENG XXX  
 LOBINGER XXO  XXX  
 MAZURYK 
 YURCHENKO XO  XO  XX-  X  
 LEWIS O  O  -  -  XXX  
 HOOKER -  O  -  -  XO  O  O  XXO  XXX  
 LUKYANENKO -  O  -  -  O  -  XO  XO  XXX  
 WALKER -  -  O  -  -  -  X-  XX

So only 2 were over 5.82, Walker passed to 5.92 ??

Sure looks like Walker was just going for a big mark, and 'competing' wasn't a priority. He can't do that in the Games. Hooker and Luky managed the event better.