Tim could have been another Dietmar Mogenburg type athlete. He is very tall
and slender like the german Olympic champ from 84'. However, his technique
left a lot to be desired. His runup was very slow, which works well if you
are a power flopper and speed up as you approach the penultimate step. He
wasn't a power flopper though. In addition, his layout over the bar did not
contain an arch whatsover. He practically sat over the bar on most of his
attempts and yet despite these imperfections, he still cleared 2.34 in
Barcelona.

Dwight, I wish you could have been Tim's coach. It obviously helped your
cousin (Nordquist).

Darrell Jones

>From: "Lindsay Harrison" <wilbur_46@...>
>Reply-To: highjump@yahoogroups.com
>To: <highjump@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [HJ] Re: Tim Forsyth
>Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:25:12 +1000
>
>DAN,
>Tim is 32 now !
>Here the link to his athlete profile - although I don't think it's been
>update for a few years !
>
>http://www.athletics.org.au/athletes/profiles/profile.cfm?ObjectID=269&SearchQu\
eryString=AthleteInitial%3DF
>
>I think in the press release, he was aiming for the qualifying height of
>2.21 or 2.25 roughly !
>I think his best is behind him, but still at those heights would be
>competitive in the Commonwealth Games !
>Good on him, for having "another crack at it"
>Lindsay
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "DAN" <danthegod@...>
>To: <highjump@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 2:00 PM
>Subject: [HJ] Re: Tim Forsyth
>
>
> >
> > Whoa. How old is he now? I still have his 7'8 jump on my computer
> > from Barcelona in 1992! Even if he was 20 then he'd be at least 34
> > by now...
> >
> > --- In highjump@yahoogroups.com, "Lindsay Harrison" <wilbur_46@c...>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Just thought I'd mention this announcement that came out the other
> > day!
> >>
> >> Tim Forsyth (Australia) has indicated that he will be trying for a
> > birth in
> >> the Australian Commonwealth Games team for March 2006. Tim hasn't
> > jumped
> >> since Sydney 2000 - where he had an ankle injury. He has had 3
> > operations
> >> on it, but it obviously isn't 100%, as he has swapped to jumping
> > from the
> >> other foot. Will be interesting to see how he goes :-)
> >>
> >> Lindsay
> >>
> >
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> >
> > wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
> > Bar height matters.
> > wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
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