Vladimir Yashchenko (part 2) - worlds greatest high jump talent ever - Straddle

Vladimir Yashchenko (1959-1999)

Discussion about the vid on trackandfieldnews.com:
http://mb.trackandfieldnews.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?p=553551&sid=2bc...


World records:
Richmond 1977 outdoor 2.33 m age 18,
Tiflis 1978 outdoor 2.34 m age 19,
Milano 1978 indoor 2.35 m age 19.

his early progression:

12 лет - 1.45 cm
13 лет - 1.60
14 лет - 1.70
15 лет - 2.03 (!)
16 лет - 2.12
17 лет - 2.22
18 лет - 2.33
19 лет - 2.35


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music: Variations about Johann Pachelbel´s Canon in D major

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[cirosuperiore]

great video...too bad he died of cancer at the age of 40...

was he the last straddler to hold a WR???

[Peyresourde]

@cirosuperiore: YES he was the last, therefore we admire him.

[rembrandao]

@cirosuperiore He died because of alcohol, not of cancer.

[Peyresourde]

@rembrandao

Yashchenko had liver cirrhosis due to alcohol, and the cirrhosis was the cause for liver cancer

[kekkodegregori]

amazing =__=...what's the name of this song?

[Peyresourde]

music: Variations about Johann Pachelbel´s Canon in D major

[Cuchulainnish]

Sûrement le plus doué sauteur de toute l'histoire de ce sport....Quel tristesse de le savoir mort ainsi.

[Artisablast261]

he was practically out of soprts at the age of 20 ,just an year after his WR due to knee injury .

had he had more years to jump,he would have jumped the current WR!

[1rockpile]

I was a punk High School high jumper when he was the world "rival" of the Americans...I now see. He was just like me...Short shorts, long socks, shaggy hair, crappy training techniques, and a desire to fly...God love'm. Flop or Straddle, it's still flying....Peace

[1rockpile]

I was a punk high jumper in high school when he was the world "rival" of the Americans....I now see. He was just like me.Short shorts, shaggy hair, crappy training techniques, and a desire to fly. God love'm. Flop or straddle, it's still flying...Peace

[JAVMAN83]

@catmartinez567

No, the straddle and the roll are 2 different techniques.

[igiman9]

how does he do it man

[cirosuperiore]

@catmartinez567 NO. the western role is different. with the straddle the shoulders are paralle to the bar and u usually land on your back. with the WR the shoulders are perpendicular to the bar at the highest point and you land on your four...the WR was used when the landing pit was the same as the long jump pit, made of sand and sawdust. and you had to land in a way you did not hurt yourself.

[catmartinez567]

@cirosuperiore Is straddle the same as the western roll?