@[email protected] to Olympics • edit-21 month agoMondo Duplantis soars to Paris 2024 pole vault gold and breaks own world recordlemmy.worldimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up126arrow-down1imageMondo Duplantis soars to Paris 2024 pole vault gold and breaks own world recordlemmy.world@[email protected] to Olympics • edit-21 month agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Atomiclink5•1 month agoHow the fuck do you compete against a 24 year old that has 21 years of experience in the sport. All you can do is take notes, watch and learn.
minus-squareCoelacanthlinkfedilink5•1 month agoIt’s also genetic lottery: his mother was a heptathlete and his father a pole vaulter. It’ll be a long while until we’ll see somebody else reach his level, I think. The only thing in his way are the absolute outer physical limits of the sport.
How the fuck do you compete against a 24 year old that has 21 years of experience in the sport.
All you can do is take notes, watch and learn.
It’s also genetic lottery: his mother was a heptathlete and his father a pole vaulter. It’ll be a long while until we’ll see somebody else reach his level, I think. The only thing in his way are the absolute outer physical limits of the sport.