A gold for Thomas!

[mickd1961]

Arrmand Duplantis

[mickd1961]

Arrmand Duplantis

What a phenomenal athlete that lad is, still only 24 and another world record in the pole vault.

[SwedishBaggie]

Arrmand Duplantis

Cheers Mick! 🌟

This one though, very much expected, a truly phenomenal athlete.

An unexpected silver medal in table tennis the other day too. The lad was ranked 24 before the games.

[Leicesterbaggie]

Brilliant! I know he broke the world record last night but could he have gone further? In the form that he was in, I think that he could have. Anyway, an exceptional athlete.

[mickd1961]

Brilliant! I know he broke the world record last night but could he have gone further? In the form that he was in, I think that he could have. Anyway, an exceptional athlete.

He only breaks the record 1cm at a time as he gets a meetings bonus each time he breaks it.

There’s no point in him breaking it multiple times at the same event when he’s already won the competition.

Actually I take back my initial praise…..he’s American! 😂😂

[Leicesterbaggie]

He only breaks the record 1cm at a time as he gets a meetings bonus each time he breaks it.

There’s no point in him breaking it multiple times at the same event when he’s already won the competition.

Actually I take back my initial praise…..he’s American! ����

Didn’t know about the bonus. You learn something new every day!

[mickd1961]

Didn’t know about the bonus. You learn something new every day!

It’s also money from sponsors as we’ll Leicester, they tend to eek out their height increments and distance in jumping events to get more bonuses.