Pole vaulter jumps equivalent of more than three Peter Crouch's to break world record
dailystar.co.ukOlympic Games be much better if the powers that be did away with measurements in metres and opted to use Peter Crouch instead?We think so.
Had we adopted the practice 13 years ago, the history books would say that Usain Bolt had run the equivalent of 50 Peter Crouch's in 9.58s, rather than boringly saying he broke the 100m world record.
However, given Crouch's tremendous height - he's 2.01m tall - his stature is perhaps best applied to disciplines like high jump and pole vault, which is where our ingenious idea originally came from. READ MORE: Athlete suffers pole vault nightmare as pole snaps during World Athletics ChampionshipIn the early hours of Sunday morning in the UK, Swedish athlete Armand Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record, vaulting an incredible 6.21m at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Impressive stuff. But it sounds even better when you consider that Duplantis, 22, vaulted the equivalent of more than three Crouch's to set the record and win gold. How high could you go in the pole vault?
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