At a visceral level, watching Isinbayeva DESTROY the other women in the vault was a stunner (a WR performance was obvious from her first clearance on, and thoughts of 5m reality became apparent at about 4.70). But I still have to temper my thinking with the knowledge that the event is so new, and a significant part of it is still women adapting to better technology (Isinbayeva, by the way, "ran out of pole" at the end and had to order up some new bigger lumber right after the competition).
The TJ world records were interesting enough, but nothing impressed me quite so much as Allen Johnson, who hit a bad patch in the semis and only made it to the final as a time qualifier. Chatter in the booth was that he was toast, but, as somebody said later, "He's Allen Johnson; that's what he does," he dug down deep in the final an hour or so later and just dominated the field with his fastest time ever. He gets my vote.
The TJ world records were interesting enough, but nothing impressed me quite so much as Allen Johnson, who hit a bad patch in the semis and only made it to the final as a time qualifier. Chatter in the booth was that he was toast, but, as somebody said later, "He's Allen Johnson; that's what he does," he dug down deep in the final an hour or so later and just dominated the field with his fastest time ever. He gets my vote.
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