HJ Trivia

[Olegi2]

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World Champs - Seville 1999

[Cooter Brown]

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>>Maksim Tarasov successfullly opened at 5.90 (19'4 1/4") once.

This is
>amazing...Do you know the occasion on which he did this (date, place)?

Berlin, 1999

[Class Clown]

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>Humour is very different over here, >>

Yup. So different that we do not even spell it the same.

[marknhj]

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>Mark,
I too was joking. Just a little dry humor the like of which I learned
>by watching Monty Python.
No offence meant or taken.

Anyone who knows Ovett
>well enough to have him throw-up in his bath is OK with me.


LOL! After I posted that I wondered if you were actually joking. Humour is very different over here, even after living in CA for almost 20 years I often accidently upset people when I think I'm being funny...!

[5k Guy]

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Mark,
I too was joking. Just a little dry humor the like of which I learned by watching Monty Python.
No offence meant or taken.

Anyone who knows Ovett well enough to have him throw-up in his bath is OK with me.

[Powell]

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>Yes to Dalton! In 1991 his season best was 2.30 prior to the WC. He came in at
>2.31, made it, passed 2.34 then made 2.36! Still finished 4th.

Incidentally, Grant also finished 4th in 1997 when he entered at 2.32 ! (He didn't manage to jump any higher on that occasion).

[marknhj]

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Were would we be without you helpful
>Brits. God save the Queen!

Perhaps I should have added a "!" to emphasise I wrote that in the spirit of yesterday's debate about feet and inches...it's called, joking!

To get off track (so to speak), I'm not a monarchist, I think they're a bunch of in-bred Germans & Greeks (Prince Phiilip is known as "Phil the Greek" at home). Coincidently I was listening to a movie soundtrack en route to work. 24 Hour Party People, which had limited release here, is a great movie about the history of Brit music from the mid-1970's to early 1980's. If you like The Clash, The Jam, Joy Division, New Order, Suzie and the Banshees, Sex Pistols et al, I highly recommend it. The track I was listening to was "God Save The Queen" by the Sex Pistols!

[5k Guy]

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"Since it's feet and inches day it was remiss of me not to let the metrically challenged Americans here know that:"

Were would we be without you helpful Brits. God save the Queen!

[Cooter Brown]

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>this is a neat question. I do not have the faintest idea, but whenever the
>answer is disclosed I'll be interested in finding out. Would be interested in
>the same deal in the PV.

Maksim Tarasov successfullly opened at 5.90 (19'4 1/4") once.

[marknhj]

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Since it's feet and inches day it was remiss of me not to let the metrically challenged Americans here know that:

2.31m = 7'6.94488"
2.32m = 7'7.3386"

[highjumpfan]

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shoot, I knew that one. If only I din't have to work today.

[Jon]

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>When Jon
>shows up he'll get it and I don't want these young Brits to get even more full
>of themselves!



Lol!

After you said that Steve Smith was 'in the right direction', I had a feeling that it would be Dalton. But I didn't have the stats available to confirm it.

Great question, though!!

[marknhj]

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Yes to Dalton! In 1991 his season best was 2.30 prior to the WC. He came in at 2.31, made it, passed 2.34 then made 2.36! Still finished 4th.

[gh]

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Smith entered--and failed--at 2.35 at the '99 Worlds in Seville.

[Powell]

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Dalton Grant 2.32 at the 1997 WCh. The previous record also belonged to him - it was 2.31 at the 1991 WCh.