Was the pole vault accidentally discovered by a clumsy javelin thrower?
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lol nope but nice way of thinking!\n\n"As a practical means of passing over such natural obstacles as canals and brooks, pole vaulting has been used in many parts of the world, such as in the marshy provinces of Friesland in The Netherlands along the North Sea, and the great level of the fens of Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk. The artificial draining of these marshes brought into existence a network of open drains or canals intersecting each other at right angles. In order to cross these without getting wet, and at the same time avoid tedious roundabout journeys over the bridges, a stack of jumping poles was kept at every house, which were commonly used for vaulting over the canals. In Friesland, where it is called fierljeppen, it has continued to be a folkloristic activity with annual competitions. Broad-jumping with the pole, though the original form of the sport, has never found its way into organized athletics, the high jump being the only form recognized.\n\nModern competitions probably began around 1850 in Germany, when it was added to the gymnastic exercises of the Turner by Johann C. F. GutsMuths and Frederich L. Jahn. The modern pole vaulting technique was developed in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century. In Great Britain it was first commonly practised at the Caledonian games. Initially, vaulting poles were made from stiff materials such as bamboo or aluminium, until the introduction of flexible vaulting poles made from composites such as fiberglass or carbon fiber. Physical attributes such as speed and agility are essential to pole vaulting effectively, but technical skill is an equally if not more important element. The object is to clear a bar or stick supported upon two uprights without knocking it down. While women's pole vault records were kept for many years, the event only started to gain popularity in the 1990s."
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Italy is full of scandals and lies and cheats. it's so obvious that guy threw himself onto the ground.
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Brilliant.  I nearly fell off my chair!!! \n\nThank you... Tomorrow I will be claiming that one as mine (sorry)\n\n;o)
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because he was clumsy?
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theres a new pole dance studio\n\nWWW.POLEWORX.COM
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LESSER THAN HE MIS-STUMPED.
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C'mon lady be kind... of course it was unintentional... sorry can't divulge the name for his own safety. Enjoy the WC!
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Carl Lewis dominated the both the sprint and long jumping competitons back in the 80s and 90s. He didn't lose in the long jump for a decade, winning 65 consecutive competitions and set many records in the 100 meter dash. Yet Lewis never came to be embraced by the country. He never became his sport's ambassador, his sport's Magic Johnson. He came across as haughty and arrogant, cold and calculating, aloof and abrasive. But IMO he was still the "greatest" track & field star there has ever been.
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i would think something in track...high jump, pole vault, discus?
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Peter Jennings did. Wrong news guy
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The hit guy was looking for Pythagoras but got the address wrong.\nSheesh! We lose more good mathematicians like that.
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think you're confusing it with throwing a javelin at an archery target!
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Conservation of energy.  Pole vaulter converts some of his kinetic energy into potential energy.  \n\nInitial kinetic energy = 1/2 * m * v^2 = 1/2 * 45 * 11^2 = 2722.5\n\nFinal kinetic energy = 1/2 * 45 * 1^2 = 22.5\n\nFinal potential energy = 2722.5 - 22.5 = 2700\n\nPe = m * g * h = 45 * 10 * h\n\n2700 = 450 * h\n\nh = 2700/450 = 6 meters\n\nHis jump was 6 meters high\n\nEdit: To answer your follow up --\nEe = Ke + Pe\n\nIn this problem we start with no potential energy (vaulter on the ground) and as he goes over the bar he will have converted most of that Ke to Pe.
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The story do not say, most likely he run off, as no body was found in the story. One curious fact ; there was an Ichabod Crane in the US Army during the war of 1812 :)
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Come on!  Don't you think it's possible the man made an error?  Baseball players make them EVERYDAY!  Surely you've messed up at some point in your life.  His error was just a very costly one.
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Ever heard the old saying about throwing a penny to the ground from the top of the Empire State Building?\n\nThe mathematical equation below will explain it all...\n\nGravity + Large ball of ice = OUCH!\n\nEver wonder what Newton would have done if hit in the head with hail rather than an apple? LOL\n\n:)
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The pole may be of any length.