Week4 "Jumps"

Hello, this is my blog’s forth topic! Last week, I wrote about “Mid - & Long - distance” one of the track and field event. I have written about track event for two weeks. Now, I’ll start to write about some field events! Today’s topic is “Jumps”! Today also start by seeing the world recorders and their records.

 

Men

Long...8m95(Michael Anthony "Mike" Powell : United States of America)

Triple...18m29(Sir Jonathan Edwards : Britain)

High...2m45(Javier Sotomayor Sanabria : Cuba)

Pole...6m14(Sergey Bubka : Ukraine)

 

Women

Long...7m52(Galina Chistyakova : Soviet Union)

Triple...15m50(Inessa Mykolajivna Kravets : Ukraine)

High...2m09(Stefka Kostadinova : Bulgaria)

Pole...5m09(Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbaeva : Russia)

 

event … time (name : country)

(Wikipedia)

 

              Jumps one of the track and field events has only four events, Long, Triple, High and Pole jump. To divide roughly, Long and Triple jump are jumping for length while High and Pole jump are jumping for height. All for events are very interesting so that I want to explain about them all. But today I’ll write about only one event, High jump. The reason that I choose this event is High jump is famous and you probably know or do the events.

 

              Do you know that there are various of ways to jumps? There are three mainly ways to jump. A scissors jump, a belly roll and a fosbury flop. A scissors jump is the way you may have learned in elementary school. A belly roll is the way you may have learned in high school. (I want to upload some video and I think it make you understand easier. But solly, I coudn't find out any usefull videos of a scissors jump and a belly roll.) A fosbury flop is the way almost all track and field player use.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

              A fosbury flop is interesting way to jump! Next, I’ll explain about the appearance and development of the way to jump. As mentioned earlier, almost all players use this way. The first man who use this strange way is D･fosbury(USA) so the way called a fosbury flop. At Mexico Olympic in 1968, he use this strange way that go over the bar on his back first and he could go over 2m24, and he won a gold medal. This fact appeals the way’s validity. Since then, there was some idea that the way is dangerous, but a fosbury flop has been spreaded in amazed speed. The background of a fosbury flop was born and developed, there is the spread of soft mat too. If the mat was hard, the idea of jumping toward the mat with head was never occur to!

              By the way, how a fosbury flop was born? This way of jump was not contrived by a scholar or a well-known coach. It was made by chance! Fosbury practiced a belly roll same as other players but he could not master the way. Therefore he practiced a scissors jump that is elementary skill of high jump. While that, he inventioned the unique way, fosbury flop. It is an interesting success story that who couldn’t master a belly roll was become top of the world due to his fantastic way!

 

             

Today I write about Jumps especially High jump. Is it interesting the development of the strange way to go over the bar and its miraculous born?

 My 4th week’s topic “Jumps” is over. Next time, I’ll write about “Throws” and be happy you read it. See you next time!

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