You're right Roger. I should have said that the jump was the "best jump ever outdoors" which means nothing-obviously a great jump though. I think you meant that 4.83 was 15' 10" by the way.
Roger Ruth wrote: > Earlier today, Matthew wrote that Stacy Dragila had set a new world record > in today's Grand Prix meet in Ostrava. Martin corrected that to "Outdoor > WR." > > I'm wondering whether, given current IAAF categories, there was any world > record at all. > > Certainly, Stacy's 4.83 was the best outdoor vault, ever. However, when the > IAAF changed the world record rule to make THE World Record the best mark, > indoor or outdoor, I think I remember that they kept the category of "World > Indoor Record" (for instances where this mark was inferior to the outdoor > record), but didn't create a new category of "World Outdoor Record" (for > instances where this mark was inferior to the indoor record). > > Whether Dragila set a new World Outdoor Record today, or just a "world > outdoor best," might be of special interest to her, since the Grand Prix > circuit offers a substantial bonus for world record performances. > > Maybe someone (Bob Hersh?) can set us straight on this. > > Cheers, at least for Stacy!! Great comeback, after being overshadowed by > the Russian trio last year. > > >Outdoor WR. > > >> Pole vault > >> 1. Stacy Dragila (U.S.) 4.83 - world record > >> 2. Edda Elisdottir Thorey (Iceland) 4.40 > >> 3. Monika Pyrek (Poland) 4.40 > > THE World Record progression since 2001, as I have it-- > > 4.63 Stacy Dragila (USA) 2001-02-02 New York > > 4.64 Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) 2001-02-11 Dortmund > > 4.66 Stacy Dragila (USA) 2001-02-17 Pocatello > > 4.70 Stacy Dragila (USA) 2001-02-17 Pocatello > > 4.70 Stacy Dragila (USA) 2001-04-27 Pocatello > > 4.71 Stacy Dragila (USA) 2001-06-09 Palo Alto > > 4.81 Stacy Dragila (USA) 2001-06-09 Palo Alto > > 4.82 Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 2003-07-13 Gateshead > > 4.83 Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 2004-02-15 Donetsk > > 4.85 Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) 2004-02-22 Athina > > 4.86 Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) 2004-03-06 Budapest > > BTW, Yanks. Dragila's 4.83m converts to 14'10". Feofanova's 4.86m converts > to 15'11 1/4". Too bad, that Stacy didn't go for 16 feet, a mark that would > be a new World Record, however categorized, and a goal for the women's > vault that even I, as an ex-Kansan, could appreciate. For the rest of the > world, the next mile-post (meter-post?) would have to wait for 5.00m; maybe > still a bit in the future.
