¶'09 WC mLJ: Dwight Phillips (US) 28-¼ (8.54)

[bhall]

THE FORMCHART
1. Dwight Phillips (USA) ......................8.74 .....28-9¼ (’09)
2. Irving Saladino (Panama) ................8.73 .....28-7¾ (’08)
3. Godfrey Mokoena (South Africa) ...8.50....27-10¾ (’09)
4. Fabrice Lapierre (Australia) ............8.35 .....27-4¾ (’09)
5. Chris Tomlinson (Great Britain) .....8.29 .....27-2½ (’07)
6. Salim Sdiri (France) .........................8.42 .....27-7½ (’09)
7. Sebastian Bayer (Germany) ............8.71i ....28-7 (’09)
8. Hussein Al-Sabee (Saudi Arabia) ..8.35 .....27-4¾ (’04)
9. Louis Tsátoumas (Greece) ..............8.66 .....28-5 (’07)
10. Mitchell Watt (Australia) .................8.43 .....27-8 (’09)

[eldrick]

gotta admit this jump was something special

i'd estimate dwight's 8.74 was

~ 8.85 basic

mike's wr at

~ 8.92 basic

the difference may only boil down to who had more leeway at the board ( & i'd be surprised if dwight "nailed" the plastiscine into a 1.2 )

anyone know respective leeways ?

[DentyCracker]

dwight had 0 leeway iirc no mark was made in the plasticine but his shoe was over

[bman]

dwight had 0 leeway iirc no mark was made in the plasticine but his shoe was over

Is there a video of this jump anywhere?

[DentyCracker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXuCbx04Z1A
but no side view. I may have been mistaken, it may have been another big jump by dwught that had what i said

[Novianv2]

As I patiently wait for the men's lj to begin, my excitement grows as I see the results of today's deca lj. So many pb and sb's!!!! This runway is live!!!!

[donley2]

Along with Merritt versus Wariner in the 400 this is one of the remaining events I am really looking forward to. Lots of back and forth and several super marks would be great.

[AS]

Nice story on the two Aussie contenders:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/aus ... 17903.html

The Mitchell Watt story is particularly cool:

The coach led the charge to get him back, convinced that a massive talent was being wasted. At the end of last year he returned.

Since then his emergence has been stunning. In his first five competitions he set five PBs in a row. By the fifth he was jumping almost eight metres.

[ATK]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXuCbx04Z1A
but no side view. I may have been mistaken, it may have been another big jump by dwught that had what i said

yea You are probably thinking of when he jumped in Rome this year 8.61.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrfofHlo_4g

[Weights&Shoes]

1 jump for Phillips he's in the Final..lol

[dmar]

Phillips isn't playing around. 8.44 for the auto Q on his first jump. Looked very comfortable.

[gm]

And a wonderful 8.30 for Rutherford! Some good jumping early on.

[croflash]

Not sure if Bayer will even make it to the final, he is still injured and didn't jump for three weeks prior to the qualification.

[Dietmar239]

After seeing his first jump, I don't think it's premature to say that Phillips could be in 29' form.

[ATK]

After seeing his first jump, I don't think it's premature to say that Phillips could be in 29' form.

Definitely looks like he could be. but I think Salidino will respond accordingly.