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Author Topic: World High Jump Champion Murtaz Barshim HURDLES bar at 6'4"  (Read 1387 times)

Tugg Speedman

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World High Jump Champion Murtaz Barshim HURDLES bar at 6'4"
« on: August 13, 2017, 03:46:11 PM »
The world track and field championship concluded today in London.  Murtaz Essa Basrshim of Qatar won the men's high jump world championship.  He is clearly the best high jumper in the world and his personal best is 7'11.5", less than one-inch below the 8' 0.25" in world record set in 1993 by Cuba's Javier Sotomayor.  Everyone thinks Barshim will take it out.

So how good is Barshim?  In the last 10 seconds of this 41-second video of him warming up earlier today, he HURDLES the bar when set a 6'4".  And he did it with his sweats on!  When asked about it, he said he has HURDLED 6' 8" in practice.

The man is in higher class from everyone else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MBL0NyqxZY
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/3MBL0NyqxZY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/3MBL0NyqxZY</a>
« Last Edit: August 13, 2017, 04:07:37 PM by 1.21 Jigawatts »

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Re: World High Jump Champion Murtaz Barshim HURDLES bar at 6'4"
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2017, 04:57:16 PM »
The world track and field championship concluded today in London.  Murtaz Essa Basrshim of Qatar won the men's high jump world championship.  He is clearly the best high jumper in the world and his personal best is 7'11.5", less than one-inch below the 8' 0.25" in world record set in 1993 by Cuba's Javier Sotomayor.  Everyone thinks Barshim will take it out.

So how good is Barshim?  In the last 10 seconds of this 41-second video of him warming up earlier today, he HURDLES the bar when set a 6'4".  And he did it with his sweats on!  When asked about it, he said he has HURDLED 6' 8" in practice.

The man is in higher class from everyone else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MBL0NyqxZY
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/3MBL0NyqxZY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/3MBL0NyqxZY</a>
Tremendous athlete . Pretty amazing to think someon could best Sotomayors record .
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Re: World High Jump Champion Murtaz Barshim HURDLES bar at 6'4"
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2017, 05:56:34 PM »
Ya, but I bet he's never had a breakaway one handed dunk at the rec center.

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Re: World High Jump Champion Murtaz Barshim HURDLES bar at 6'4"
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2017, 07:05:06 PM »
Better video (cannot embed)

http://www.nbcsports.com/video/2017-iaaf-worlds-mutaz-essa-barshim-hurdles-high-jump

Incidentally, he is about 6'2" and he hurdled 6' 4".  Cannot imagine many people that can HURDLE more than their height.