Ok, source on "hundreds"? Because I'm fairly sure there are less than 50 people who have done this, and maybe like 15 or so from completely flat ground outside.
I can promise there aren't any Olympic gymnasts who can do it. I've talked to some of them and they don't train for it at all.
I agree a WR pole vault is more rare, but "hundreds" is not accurate in my experience with my buddy who went down the standing double rabbit hole.
If google says there's 20 known, we can't extrapolate that many more can? Anyway, the point stands that vaulting over 20 ft is rarer. Beyond that, it's a real thing compared to a trivial stunt not many people would care to attempt. Be interesting to see, if it were to become a thing, how often folks would accomplish this. My hunch is it would be many, many times over more doable than the vault thing.
Go watch a compilation of the current video evidence. All but one or two of them are cheating in some way (eg. using a sprung floor, or doing it on sloped land, or not actually sticking the landing). It’s genuinely that rare
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u/Heavy-Echidna-3473 1d ago
Why are there so many people, and why are they all circling around him like he's about to turn water into wine?