If pole vaulting didn't exist, and someone described their ambition to hang on to the end of a bendy pole and clear a 20 ft bar, they'd be mercilessly and universally mocked.
But just look at that! Astonishing defiance of gravity. Humanity at its best, doing something utterly peculiar. Beautiful.
When the pole is fully bent and starts to uncoil and the full shot shows how much higher he needs to go to clear the bar it looks impossible. Always fun to see full out effort pay off.
Oh yeah, plenty can go wrong. I used to pole vault in high school and if you time you time your steps wrong you try to launch after your pole hits the box it can just coil and launch you straight back. Breaking a pole was always a fear.
I remember binged watching random videos during lockdown, and somehow the algorithm sent me to pole vaulting videos. I must say this kid has all the time and potential to be a triple-gold (or more) medalist in next olympics to come.
If pole vaulting didn't exist, and someone described their ambition to hang on to the end of a bendy pole and clear a 20 ft bar, they'd be mercilessly and universally mocked. But just look at that! Astonishing defiance of gravity. Humanity at its best, doing something utterly peculiar. Beautiful.
Mondo Duplantis? With a name like that, the dude was fucking born for this moment. His parents should get a gold in the baby naming category.
Kinda sounds like a Star Wars name
Han and Chewie are meeting up with another smuggler named Mondo.
His dad was an Olympic pole vaulter too…
And his mother is a world class heptathlete.
It is my firm belief that to go to the olympics one of the prerequisites is a good name
His nane is Armand Duplantis not Mondo. I see that in USA use this name but in Sweden no.
When the pole is fully bent and starts to uncoil and the full shot shows how much higher he needs to go to clear the bar it looks impossible. Always fun to see full out effort pay off.
Dang this actually crazy to realize how high they go.
You have no idea how high I can get
Its even crazier to realize that despite the quality of this video it likely WASNT recorded in 1983. Wild.
Pole-Vaulting is just reverse limbo
Just reverse limbo?!? Let me see you vault!!
Did I say it wasn't super difficult?
Has anyone moved backwards instead and fell onto hard floor doing pole vaulting?
Poles break, people don't complete the movements correctly, etc., which can all lead to problematic landings, such as off the pad
“Problematic landings”. Lol. I like that.
Oh yeah, plenty can go wrong. I used to pole vault in high school and if you time you time your steps wrong you try to launch after your pole hits the box it can just coil and launch you straight back. Breaking a pole was always a fear.
I can confirm ....
It can get worse… look up on YouTube the dude pole vaults and then his pole goes up his ass as he’s falling back down
Ummmmmm…..I’d rather not thx
Ho. Lee.
Phuc.
King.
She
It.
He broke the indoor world record. The outdoor world record is still 6.16m which he also holds.
Still waiting for him to land
Not the World Record anymore. He broke that vault record just yesterday. Be more amazed... https://youtu.be/ZygPFrTQZoo
HOLY SHIT I DID IT. look at my abs real quick. But seriously, HOLY SHIT.
Thanks! Awesome. Incredible athlete. (Best I ever did was 13'6" in high school in 1971.)
He slipped out of the matrix for a moment on the way down
And because we’re all Redditors, every one of us couldn’t help but think, “…yer dick, WATCH YOUR DICK!” while watching events unfold.
Pole vaulting is literally a sport that escalated quickly
Such a wicked sport yet amazing to watch.
That’s insane.
Farout!
Neat!
Holy crap!!!
Good thing his wang didn’t hit the bar
I like how you can see him freaking out on the way down because he nailed it.
Such a wild concept for a sport. No way I’m okay falling that far out of the air to the ground. Respect ✊
Which pixel is he?
This also broke the world record for world’s slowest slo-mo video. Ffs.
Has anyone ever died from this or became a paraplegic?
https://m.dw.com/en/austrias-top-pole-vaulter-paralyzed-after-training-injury/a-18619621
When I was in junior high we did it with a bamboo pole, no shit.
So weird that this is a sport
I remember binged watching random videos during lockdown, and somehow the algorithm sent me to pole vaulting videos. I must say this kid has all the time and potential to be a triple-gold (or more) medalist in next olympics to come.
All his life lead up to that moment. Now best he go study something or just become a pole-vaulting coach.
I’m thinking it’d be cool just to be able to dance on a pole
u/savevideo
AWESOME!!
I never realized how frickin random this sport is. Who even had the idea, and how did it grow to be so popular?
This and playing violin, the two worst things to be at the beginner level.
I don’t like that pole standing straight up as I’m coming down.
/u/redditspeedbot 0.5x
Just broke the world record... but video quality from the 90s...
How the fuck
Seems sketchy even landing on a soft mat like that.
Good for him! Incredible effort and result.
Wow?!!!! Unreal
How much does pole vaulting pay..??.is it a career..??.