World Champs Men - Hooker Gold! Mesnil Silver! Lav. Bronze!

[rainbowgirl28]

IAAF: 17:58 Moderator - Afternoon everyone, the men's long jump final will be underway soon, and the men's pole vault not long after that.
17:58 Moderator - Steve Hooker IS on the track, and dressed to vault.

[rainbowgirl28]

IAAF: 18:03 Moderator - There are a whopping fifteen men in the pole vault final. This may be a long event.



Only if those fancy automatic standards break... or if they lower the opening height like they did for the women.

[rainbowgirl28]

Looks like they are sticking with 5.50 as opening height. So far Hooker is listed as passing to 5.75. Maybe he feels good enough to come in a little lower, or maybe he'll just wait to see how many are in at that height.

[rainbowgirl28]

They still haven't started, not sure why. It looks like Hooker is the only one passing any heights.

[xjoeyx]

does anyone else not have sound from the universal feed? :/

EDIT: Wait nvm... i got sound as soon as i posted this haha

[rainbowgirl28]

IAAF: 18:17 Moderator - It's sunny, scattered clouds, 22C. No torrential rain predicted, temps a little cool for sprinting but otherwise pleasant.
18:17 k - hello Berlin, what is the weather today?




I also lost my sound, but I just reloaded the video and it came back.

[rainbowgirl28]

Not sure why Lavillenie likes coming in so low. He came in fairly low in prelims too. I guess he is young and healthy and can afford to take more jumps!

[rainbowgirl28]

A miss by Rans at 5.50 kicks off the competition.

[rainbowgirl28]

A first attempt make for Mazuryk

[rainbowgirl28]

Lavillenie makes 5.50 on his first, of course.

[rainbowgirl28]

Miss for Gibilisco. They haven't shown any video yet, just focusing on the track races and the long jump right now.

[rainbowgirl28]

A make for Mesnil on his first attempt. We could definitely see two Frenchmen with medals in this event. All three made the final.