World Record Javier Sotomayor 2.45 High Jump

[husseinmike313]

i could do this to if i was black

[AcCoRdHaTEr352]

hes cuban represent!!!!!

[lakostal]

Of course he is black xD

[cobrien1977]

He jumped 123% of his height (96 in/78in = 1.23)

Equivalent to a 5'0" dude jumping 6'2" (74 in / 60 in = 1.23)

[cobrien1977]

question to high jumpers:

why does he do long strides followed by short strides?

[bishyalergmail]

@cobrien1977 His long strides are to build up momentum that will carry him over the bar. The short strides are so that his foot placement is as optimal as possible before he takes the actual leap.

[ChrisKaloy]

@cobrien1977 because he needs to be faster on his last strides

[Colombian101896]

Its cuz he's black

[ChrisKaloy]

this guy could dunk with his dick....

[ChristianNorstedt]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug yes, but you try doing the highjump with cocaine in your system as see if it improves your results ^^

[georgious77]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug..

[TheFlumpig]

He didn't get caught for his use of drugs anyway, but at the time 100's of other athletes competing in these kinds of tournaments were using drugs. If I was to use steroids and compete with somone else who was using steroids.. doesn't that mean it's a fair game?

[tyler2011chs]

Black

[lanpetpet7]

Using 3310 to record this?

[zeus6515]

This guy could fly.

[MalCobb63]

with or without drugs, this man can jump high. wonderful

[HerraSmyrill]

He took steriods. True record holder is Patrick Sjöberg from Sweden!!!

[GUSANOSCLUB]

@HerraSmyrill

The former high jumper set the world record of 2.45 meters in the year 1993 and (WAS FOUNT CLEAN OF GRUGS). He tested positive in 1999 but, not in 1993. So, Sotomayor holds both inside and outside High Jump record.

[bkizzler]

@GUSANOSCLUB thats what she said :D

[TY13R955]

@HerraSmyrill It was cocaine he took not steroids

[whatisupj]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT THAT WAS HUGE (please dont post a thats what she said comment)

[10Killuminati]

@whatisupj THAT WHAT SHE SAID

[Grubbsable]

That's how they get over the border....

[gmd1417]

TOO BAD HE TESTED POSITIVE FOR STEROIDS, BANNED FOR LIFE. THINK OF THE MANY ATHLETES (DWIGHT STONES, ETC) WHO NEVER USED DRUGS AND HAD TO COMPETE AGAINST CHEATERS LIKE SOTOMAYER...

[sicknick091]

@hashrygeren agrred if he ws as tall he would of gone 250+

[cleopatra719]

my head teacher knows him :D

[therealitymaster]

High jump is not about drugs, It's about technique...

[NHoenicke]

drugs or not, that is a fucking impressive jump

[njrobinson95]

People are awesome

[fabtho01]

Join the community : athleblog

[newromantic888]

sorry but we dont have any drugs to make u jump higher. They just dont exist.

[jorge1994raya2alex]

27 people are fat..=)..Much respect Sotomayor!

[PATRIENIX]

Joder o.o

[superfaces]

Russian Valery Brumel is arguably the greatest high jumper who ever lived. In 1965 he jumped 7'6" in straddle jump form using a dirt runway & sawdust pit. He was only 23 years old & undefeated the year he got into a serious motorcycle accident which ended his stellar career. Physically he hadn't even peaked. No doubt in modern times using the Frosbury Flop and a fast synthetic track that he would have broken the 8 foot barrier. Amazingly, he measured only 6ft. in height! Read about him.

[JustElijah]

@superfaces Why did you come to this video to try and glorify someone else?

[newromantic888]

Soto was got by the CIA. Its lets forget thing ok

[leonazul28]

Sotomayor wasn't caugh for steroid use, he was caught with cocaine on blood 3 days after the jump event in a panamerican game.

Cocaine is not equal to steroid.

[tommypickles7]

@leonazul28 he tested positive for nandrolone in 2001

[JasonRadley]

@leonazul28 But coke gives you a bigger high.

[Guille3O5]

he should of played basketball thumbs up if u agree!!!

[brookerlad97]

@andygatt the gymnasts on the floor routines have the springy matswhen they flip

[ShaolinIronLeg]

I wonder if people realize that taking steroids is not a magic pill that will make you insanely strong by using it.

[ownTer]

@ShaolinIronLeg Ahhhh...have you been under a rock for the past 30 years? Thats exactly what it does. Sure you still gotta work out and all. But yea.....

[dp1569]

So many douchebags.......

[iloverampla]

Just A M A Z I N G!

[99999rus]

Respond to this video... 

[rundadinella]

How high man can go, if the jumping style is free? Maybe 280 cm with two legs dive style?

[andygatt]

@rundadinella

That's a good question. If you ever watched world class male gymnasts doing floor routines, it sure looks like they get higher than 2.45 meters on some of their flips. It would be cool to find out how high they could go.

[Tiagor0drigues]

off 1 foot.

[soulyrasheed]

the truth is, soto and sjöberg were a class apart of these days mediocre jumpers. what drugs? that's talent and hard work boys

[Petegrin1]

stefan holm ftw!

[aoifefafa]

woah...

[JDKGbmx]

damn he could jump over me jumping

[thunder0wns]

LOL i can do that with my legs tied behind my back.

[jayathjayath]

@thunder0wns do it and put it on utube

[papmjny]

A Swede cocaine user too, jumped 242.

[assyrianle9end]

@numero96

no shit** lol

[grantflip]

wow is anyone ever gonna beat this jump, do high jumpers have 1 larger calf

[freethodunk]

@grantflip the calves aren't a prime mover in jumping, 1 legged jumps are like a cross between a 1 legged squat and hip hyperextensio, calves provide very little in a jump (try to jump with ONLY your calves without ANY hip or knee extension. wont even get your toes off the ground)

[grantflip]

@freethodunk lol jump with only your calves, that doesnt even make sense, its like going on your tippy toes,u need to bend your knees for calves to be incorperated in a jump, i know the quads and hip flexors provide most of your jumping power, ill disagree that the calves provide very little, i will say 60% upper legs, and 40% from the calves and ankle muscles

[freethodunk]

@grantflip u really need to educate yourself, or at least shut up behind that veil of youtube anonymity. i'm trying to help u out and u wont even admit that you know very little about this stuff. what is your background anyway??? can u dunk or anything????

[grantflip]

@freethodunk k dude settle the hell down your internet piece of crap, i know i can jump bettter then you so there for i dont give a shit what u say, you call this helpping me your just trying to show everyone here how super smart you are, i agree that the upper legs do most of the work, i have a very impressive verticle jump as u can see from my athletic videos, i hate you and fuck off, i can actually almost dunk and im only 5 foot 9, and white, and im in WAY better shape then you :) :D jesusFuk

[freethodunk]

@grantflip dude YOU started this BS. ur gymnastics are impressive but ur just a short ass napoleon dude. i wanna see you jump at a 10 foot rim and we'll see how "close" you are. everyone and their momma says they can almost dunk. basically anyone who can get their finger tips on the rim says they can almost dunk when u need to get a foot over the rim to do so. and as far as telling me ur in better shape than i am and can jump higher?? u really are insecure i mean u have no idea who i even am.

[grantflip]

@freethodunk alright alright im sorry, i shouldnt of assumed you as less then me, but i will show you me jumping at a ten footer, i agree alot of people on here go on abou thow they can jump, but ill hang off it a couple times then see how close my dunk is, i know i cant dunk, and yeah now that i think about it, the quads just kinda need the shin bone and ankle and foot , they dont need muscle just the support of the bones for take off

[freethodunk]

@grantflip you're so dumb as to repeat what I said and just interpret it completely opposite. if your calves only get you to your tip toes what does that tell you??? your calves DO NOT DO MUCH in a jump. ask any strength coach. HIP FLEXORS????? do you know where that muscles is??? HOW DOES A HIP FLEXOR DO ANYTHING IN A JUMP?!?!?! boggles my mind. the only thing that matters as far as hip flexors is that they be fairly flexible. jesus christ ppl are aren't afraid to be ignorant

[freethodunk]

@grantflip ohhhh idiot over here must have meant hip EXTENSORS!!!!! BIIIIIG DIFFERENCE CHOLO

[Cowtipper4957]

sonya sotomayor's distant relative? who knows lol

[pircfreak]

fck me sideways

[bitchmaster69]

OMGGGGG

[rikuatblue777]

people talk about drug in this case... but there isnt any drug that can enhance your hop...

[Suomalia2100]

@rikuatblue777 Sure there is. Steroids can make you jump higher. Stefan Holm is more impressive because he is 14 cm shorter than Sotomayor and jumped 2.40m. Drugs? Stefan Holm didn't get caught ever unlike Sotomayor.

[DazedNConfused01]

Drugs or no drugs he jumped higher than any other human so fuck it!

[swe1sftl]

You are not drugged until anyone proves it...

[M1stykal1]

I wouldn't make that with a pole!

[quadbravo]

If Lebron or Nate or someone like that also with natural talent trained for this kind of thing it would be awesome. Jordan was also fast. Would love to have seen him try the long jump.

[FR3DY131]

Is this Blue Ray quality?!? If it is I already watched it and Im not paying a fee! 0.0"

[smallburglar123]

-O-

[psychavoK]

8 feet.. unreal

this guy was a monster

[d4k074p4l]

is it 2.5 meters?

[Hfx72]

165 when i was 14... damn...

[2Boobie4]

that could have been the highest lay-up in history also.

[afroskater69]

Omg that's high I can jump 1.80 but 2.45 that mental man

[1rockpile]

I'm old...it was 30 years ago...forgot.

[1rockpile]

Beautiful 'sport'. Gargantuan jump.I went 2.083 20 yrs. ago. I still turn my shoulders when I walk around a corner to the left. I still gauge my jump to the clearance into parking garages. Sotomayor is a monster. The distance from the pit at take off is insane. His body cleared the height. You can't take a short cut up...(THAT's cheating)

[rmrooster01]

Hes got hidden high tech springs in his shoes, haha.

[eferefer]

What a technique  :-)

[Suckondeeznizzuts]

Fuck it world record drugs or not. He didnt get caught so it's legit. Everybody is quick to judge the man just cause he got caught later on in life. Ever think he might not have been on drugs? The media hypes all this shit up anyway. Nadrolon who gives a shit I have taken steriods before but only once than I quit. Like i said legit world record. All the people talking shit are probably fat as shit and are jealous they got a vertical of 4 inches hahhaha. Or they are just racist bitches.

[guysmalley]

Hey Suck "He didnt get caught so it's legit" So if someone kills somebody and doesn't get caught is not a murder? Why are you so angry, if someone disagrees with you they are fat and can't jump? Or a racists? wether he was clean or not his jump is tainted by what he did and got caught. You can piss & moan but no one force him to cheat

[Chukojc94]

@Suckondeeznizzuts True, well said, and i agree ! (y)

[37ryguy]

@Suckondeeznizzuts dude stop trying to act all tough on youtube.......

[papmjny]

@Suckondeeznizzuts

A Swede - cocaine user too - jumped 242.

[freethodunk]

at least it's not the NFL where the legal threshold for test/epitest ratio is 2x higher than in any other sport including the Olympics. even the lower ratio gives an athlete an enormous amount of room to play with. not to mention the stuff they have now controls all your hormone levels so it doesn't even raise that ratio. DONT BE NAIVE

[Snauzer67]

@Suckondeeznizzuts you ahve taken roids..lol way to take care of your health

[Snauzer67]

@Suckondeeznizzuts and let me tell you something sir..the guys who lost to you in whatever sport you were compeating in and who didn´t take drugs, do give a shit! Stil of course impressive no matter what. But the athletes that do take drugs later in their carrier, are themselves to blame when people are wondering if they did it in their early days.

[catthtlndsonback]

@Snauzer67 unless its a pro sport and they are competing against him for their lively hood, thats their problem if they care about losing

[BrundukasLT]

@Suckondeeznizzuts my english is bad, but what does vertical of 4 inches supposed mean?

[fakukiwi]

@BrundukasLT a really small jump, Un salto muy bajo

[ElleottHeene8]

hehsearching for a guy that would treat me well

[Zilfer88]

Doesn't matter if he was on nandrolone before, during or after. You cross that line once, and you might as well have been on illegal performance enhancers forever. Once a cheat always a cheat.

[Fond3ll]

@Zilfer88: Couldn't agree with you more... Once a cheat, never an athlete again. That should be the rules.

[TimberoMayor88]

the highest jump in history and he is cuban

[chooseit2]

but also tested positive for drugs

[11Brendan41]

thats almost like superhuman holy shit thats insane

[9241153]

im happy he is black

[shadekred]

He was on nandrolon. Meaning he used illegal medicines to boost his physical strengths.

[HairySports]

if he used drugs the media would have found out via drug tests and he would have been stripped of his medal. Which didn't happen. u need to start being a bit less skeptical dude ;D

[goodravioli]

he was tested after the jump and he was clean. However, he was busted a few years later, so that's why some people think he was on drugs when he did this jump.

[paraconti]

Heck I cam jump higher than that easy.

[9241153]

but ur white

[WOOSTAR23]

its not fake thats all real wat u meant 2 say is amazing!!amazing

[bochu22]

its the world record dumbass

[Triplejump96]

Wow

[damiqde6uq]

if you jump something near to that you have the right to talk .... it's 2.45

[Smajdalf02]

carnage982827 : sám si fake

[carnage982827]

its a fake

[TheHelulinka]

Nezalezi na veku, ale spis na vasi vysce :)

[wearethepollo1]

i can jump 1 70 an i have 14 years old

is not bad?

[williom9]

really not bad :P you would arrive third in my competition last year and i am 14 too

[TheSpitt11]

no one really cares how high you jump.

[DevilBoyAZ]

That's about 90 cm. It's quite easy.

[pe4e1304]

Sure, i bet everyone you know can do that ! But you just don't want to throw a shadow over that guy, right ?

[TheSpitt11]

really dude, who gives a fuck?

[smallbutmightydude1]

those are serious hops

[TYPHOONATHLETE96]

Nicely said brother.

[TYPHOONATHLETE96]

WOW thats manic compared to my 1.60

[ElComanchero]

doping

[StreetPerforming]

super graphic!

[jutup110]

übertriebene leistung man ich schaff im sportunterricht grad mal 1:10

[Obelisk1990]

This must be fake! =D

No seriously, how hard can that be :O

[911MORTON]

Yeah the clue is in the name.Triple Jump

Still a jump though.

Horizontal or Vertical still a JUMP you muppet.

[wazupfriends]

ed hardy!!!!!!!

[Stefano1Ryuuzaki1]

About all these racist comments..... black people do seem to be better at running events (eg. all men in the 100 m final in Beijing Olympics were black), and most long jumpers are black as well, but it doesn't seem to really be the same case with high jump. However, this is just a speculation, and there is no need for everyone to be so RACIST!

[fitnessmies]

Black men cant jump LOL!

[Stefano1Ryuuzaki1]

How come they win in long jump?

[pg060594]

because black men are fast that's more important to win long jump, not really to win high jump.

[Stefano1Ryuuzaki1]

Good point.

[CPAR15]

You need more lift then you need speed in the long jump.

[pg060594]

that's not really truth, why do you think so many people think usain bolt could be really good at long jump? he's fast..

[CPAR15]

Ya but if your fast and have no height to your jump your not going to go nearly as far as if you were to get more lift along with the speed... its simple math.

[pg060594]

okay that's also truth.

[Bajspellen1337]

in high jump actually the speed is the most important, if you only jump on hight there is a limit for how high a person can jump, its the best combo of the two that gets the job well done. everypart is the most imoportant, even in longjump

[pg060594]

that's not truth, ofcours speed is important but it's absolutely not the most important, believe me, I do high jump. speed is not the most important.

[Bajspellen1337]

I also do highjump. and when i jumped with only highth, i came to reach my top at 1.95, no matter how much i trained. But combining the two, and almost doing a longjump at first, i got up to 2.15. But yeah, maybe highth is more important, after all its called highjump. but have to have speed to get the last 30 centimeters or so ... where u from anyway ? :)

[oli9592]

no mate speed isnt the most important thing in high jump. height and technique are. believe me i do high jump i am fourth in britain for my age group. but of course speed is still important

[oli9592]

no its because he has amazing spring in his legs and that enables him to run fast

[lazyvoyager1984]

stupid fuck!! what about PARTYKA?! anyway white/black/red/yellow/green is all the same you stupid rasist fuck!!

[911MORTON]

What about jonathan Edwards?

[jigglyfidda125]

he uses complex 3 'hop, step and jump'. its no longer a jump

[nuevitas25]

jonathan Edwards is a triple jumper stupid

[vasilis360]

well let me remind u that at berlin 2009 the russian that came 1st was white and the cypriot kyriacos ioannou that came 2nd was also white even though it doesnt make any difference if its black or white.

[ohedd]

Only 2 out of 7 men over 2,40 are niggers.

[frallan20]

Fake ?:S this is the official Worldrecord so its not a fake...

[principenuvole]

he flies!!!

[Jonse70]

what is fake ?

[PIOSSA]

ahahahahaha

[jimmyhopsalot]

what are you talking about what part of this is fake

[vasilis360]

are u that dumbass/?? this is a real olympic sports event it is not something fake

[abelardorgr]

the best of the best Sotomayor!!

[linduuuh]

And they say white men cant jump!! Oh wait, He's Black

[xatzidakis]

The greatest athlete of high jump ever...he made that seem so simple!

[hayles144]

btw skyarsalan you do talk a LOAD of bollocks....

he has the shittyest come backs EVER!

LOL!!! :)

[hayles144]

WOW!

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[luisgoahead]

El Soto!!! Tremendo salto ese, para la glria de nuestra Isla Cuba!!!!

[luisgoahead]

El Soto!!! Tremendo salto ese!!! Para la gloria de mi Isla, CUBA!!!!

[tuttiiihjonaticaah]

wow is amasing but holm jumping = easy 2.00 mt I dont one big recort of course I dont cant yes dont onderstend is because I 12 year old and I dont speak much inglish I speaking spanish sorry for dest ... but dest is my opinion.

[Flanners93]

Holy shit