Have you seen interesting things in Beijing's high jump competition?

The Dutch Television had a great site where athletics could be followed without
jumps to
other sports. Sometimes even more than one channel was reserved for athletics, I
sometimes
had three channels open at the same time, seeing nearly everything. Maybe this
service is an
option in other countries too, but for me it was the firts time. So I have seen
the last jumps
of the men (did not have time for the first part) and nearly all of the women's
competition
without interruptions. Great! For example because not only succes but also
failures could be
studied.

Stefan Holm has a dangerous technique. For speed in his rotation he moves both
heels
towards his trunk during the arch. But at 2.36 he was a milisecond too late with
stretching
his lower legs and so kicked off the bar with one heel. The rest of his body had
much space
above the bar... With a less dangerous technique (lower legs pointing to the
ground until the
bar is cleared), he would have had no diffiiculties in jumping 2.36...

The winning jump of Silnov at 2.36 was with rather poor technique, not enough
rotation. But
so much height, no wonder he had a near miss at 2.42...

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