mistercrayon wrote:There was that Russian pole vaulter who used to go above the world record at important events by exactly 1cm so she could claim a new world record prize each time because even those heights were within her range.
davyK wrote:mistercrayon wrote:There was that Russian pole vaulter who used to go above the world record at important events by exactly 1cm so she could claim a new world record prize each time because even those heights were within her range.
There was a male vaulter who did that in the late 80s-90s. Sergei Bubka picked up the bonus for a WR in most European meets when the bounty was worth it to him.
b0r1s wrote:davyK wrote:mistercrayon wrote:There was that Russian pole vaulter who used to go above the world record at important events by exactly 1cm so she could claim a new world record prize each time because even those heights were within her range.
There was a male vaulter who did that in the late 80s-90s. Sergei Bubka picked up the bonus for a WR in most European meets when the bounty was worth it to him.
They were the same person
LivDiv wrote:On the other hand if someone is sitting at the top with most or all of the records per track then it is impossible to dethrone them as the ultimate champ in any other way. The top dog just has to play whack-a-mole with records while anyone else has to somehow break every record in 48 hours. Fastest time wins, deal with it.
Paul the sparky wrote:Shirley they have had the old time to chase for the whole time? Why do they need a new record to be set in order to chase it when they already have records to aim for?
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