2.46m. The History of the Human Jump Limit.
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Published 2024-01-19
During the 2013 & 2014 season, Barshim and Bondarenko had one of the fiercest rivalries in track and field. Jumping 2.40m on a weekly basis, and challenging the world record more times in those two years, than the other 30 years combined.
00:00 - Sotomayor's world record
00:34 - Bondarenko
01:28 - Bondarenko 1st 246
01:51 - Bondarenko 247
02:50 - 2013 World Championship
04:04 - 2014
05:38 - Bondarenko 3rd& 4th 246
06:18 - Barshims growth
06:53 - The Historic New York
09:54 - New York 246 attempts
11:37 - Barshim 241
11:52 - The 2014 Brussels Showdown
13:30 - Brussels 246
15:40 - The End of 2014
16:15 - Barshims 246 Finale
17:21 - Final Thoughts
All Comments (21)
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Best thing about Bondarenko is the fact he still acts positive even after failing.
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Never followed high jump, never watched your channel, and yet here I am glued to the screen like high jump is my lifes passion. Fantastic content.
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I love that Bondarenko seems to be competing only with himself. His rival is the bar, not any other competitor
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Its 10 yrs after this competition and Javier is still the King. Incredible.
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I love that you went for the Summoning Salt music for that extra added tension 😉
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This is absolute banger of a factual documentary video. High jump is awesome discipline and it somehow draws in so many interesting individuals, all different, most of them charismatic and of course everyone has great story to success behind to tell (yeah, Tamberi too). 😅 Thanks and enjoy jumping guys!
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Such great content. Love the pacing and music you bring to the videos. Keep it up. You deserve 100k subs.
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10:45 And then, Barshim got this run
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I remember this rivalry well and I thought for sure Barshim would get the WR at some point due to his ridiculous clearances in the lower 2.40s. I'm still amazed it never happened.
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i did not know Bohdarenko had so many attempts at 246. Great video!
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The Summoning Salt influence is strong with this video, and it's not a bad thing :) Keep it up!
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10:48 sir that aint trackmania
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Hype video I remember the 2014 battle in New York, it was really the chance to get the WR. I remember watching a french stream and the commentator going absolutely nuts. Such a great competition.
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I love youtubers that can bring me into topics i more or less wouldnt be interesting in otherwise. Amazing video
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Bondarenko is a god of consistency and confidence, but only a few minutes in, and I knew the closest attempt would be from Barshim. His form is teetering on the knife's edge of what is possible and leaves no wasted space at any part of his pass over the bar. Unbelievable to see.
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I don't know much about high jump, but still found myself watching and enjoying the entire video! Good job 😊
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I do like that the WR was made so long ago and has held. Just makes it special when you can't beat it even with modern training knowledge.
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I've run track my whole life. I ran in high school when satamayor was still jumping. This video brought back a lot of memories. It sums up every track persons journey...a lot of progression but even more failure. Track is the most unforgiving sport there is. No teammates. No help from anyone. Either you are at your best or you're not. Every thing is measured and displayed. Bravo
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finding wirtual music in a video about high jumping is something i did not see coming haha. great job on the video!
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Reviewing the video, I think that Sotomayor's record is not easy to break and for a simple reason: if you carefully watch the jump, he touches the bar with the back of his body and bends the bar by at least 2 or 3 centimeters; fortunately for him the bar remains balanced and does not fall, setting the record of 2.46 meters but in reality he jumped around 2.42 - 2.43. This is my point of view.
