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Everybody remembers the "barrier breakers" but keeping track of a whole record progression is a lot tougher. Other than oldvaulter who (without looking it up) can tell us who the first man was to vault 15-11 1/4 (i.e., 4.86)?
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Re: Trivia: Isinbayeva = What Man?
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with a jump of what?Comment
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4.89, 16' 1/2"Comment
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I think this thread needs renaming. When I first saw it I subconciously inserted a comma ( What, Man?) and thought she was being outed as a guy. The other possible interpretation is unmentionable here.Comment
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>>I...thought she was being outed as a guy.
Not a chance! She's a
>babe!!
Most of the PV women are! Am greatly looking forward to seeing her jumps tomorrow, especially the 5m. attempts. Like you I thought there was zero chance this year but she was apparently quite close. I didn't think 5m. was likely until about 2006. Rawson will probably do a football crossbar analogy!Comment
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Remembered she only took one at 5m. after hitting "post reply". I saw a picture that was purported to be her attempt at 5m. and she looked close...always suspected it was an earlier height. We'll see tomorrow.Comment
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If the picture of Isinbayeva is from the Swedish TV site (SVT.SE) that e-pelle posted, then the picure is definitely from the 4.86 jump and not the 5m jump. It says over the picure that she attempted 5m but they don't have a picture of that.
I have watched the video clips on that site over and over and I am convinced that she would have cleared at least 4.90 in her record jump.
They report that the 5m attempt was not close.Comment
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