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Right?! They only had 7 setup from the start. If you are breaking a record why would you ever quit before you were spent? If I was ever in a position to brea
by MobileVet 4y ago
Right?! They only had 7 setup from the start. If you are breaking a record why would you ever quit before you were spent? If I was ever in a position to break a record I would go until I failed to ensure the record held as long as possible.
- nwatson 4y agoYou can break your own record the next time and get more publicity. The hype dies down otherwise.
- germinalphrase 4y agoOr get beat by somebody so you can create a rivalry.
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y agoSoviet athletes were paid a premium every time they broke some world record. So it makes perfect sense to break your own records incrementally, by as little as possible.
- csa 4y agoBubka is Ukrainian, and I believe he set the records under the Ukrainian flag. Not sure what and how they paid him (if anything), but it wouldn’t have been a Soviet thing.
- btilly 4y agoHe started setting records in the 1980s when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, so it very much was a Soviet thing. After Ukraine left he then competed under the Ukrainian flag, but I would expect many Soviet practices to have continued (at least for a while).
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y agoBtw only the last four of his outdoors records and two last indoors records were made under the Ukrainian flag. Interestingly, he also was a part of unified exUSSR team on 1992 Olympics, competing under get Olympics flag, and somehow didn't even win. Also, his last record set in 1994 stood for mighty 20 years and was finally broken on 15 Feb 2014, in Donetsk, of all places. ... ... I don't think we'll see international pole vaulting events in Donetsk in the next 20 years.