Sentences with phrase «olympic high jump»

The Olympic high jump bronze medallist from London 2012 is satisfied with his progression heading into the World Indoor Championships

Not exact matches

Louise Ritter's longstanding love for the high jump was finally requited in Seoul, where she won Olympic gold

Conley, the 1992 Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump and a former high school point guard in Chicago, had taken a job with USA Track and Field in Indianapolis, moving there from Fayetteville, Ark., where he had coached Mike Jr.'s AAU teams to fourth - and fifth - grade national titles.

He works out three days a week, only 40 minutes a session, but the former track standout who qualified for the»96 Olympic trials in the high jump, is faster than ever.

The 5,000 was part of a burst of track and field's circuslike multiplicity, with Jan Zelezny of Czechoslovakia launching his javelin to an Olympic - record 294» 2» and Germany's Heike Henkel jumping ever better as the bar went higher.

After taking a liking to hurdles while goofing around after a high - jump camp, Woodward started training with 1976 Olympic Trials semifinalist Janet Benford to learn technique, but joining the hurdling sorority at Vacaville High provided a new perspective as whigh - jump camp, Woodward started training with 1976 Olympic Trials semifinalist Janet Benford to learn technique, but joining the hurdling sorority at Vacaville High provided a new perspective as wHigh provided a new perspective as well.

Dan Bramble was fifth in the long jump while Allan Smith was the best performing Brit in the high jump final, clearing a season's best 2.27 m in fifth after Olympic bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz had three failed clearances at 2.21 m and placed 12th.

At the athletics, London 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz goes in the high jump looking to win a medal on his Commonwealth Games debut, while Scotland's Lennie Waite and English duo Rosie Clarke and Iona Lake go in the women's 3000m steeplechase.

Olympic champion Ruth Beitia of Spain won the high jump with 1.96 m and secured a big winning margin overall for the series.

In the high jump Olympic bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz and British team - mate Tom Parsons couldn't share their success as they both failed to clear 2.28 m and make the final.

Chris Baker, the revelation of the season in the high jump after his 2.36 m sent him to second on the world rankings, is another title - winning contender and he is joined by Olympic bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz.

World pole vault record - holder Renaud Lavillenie has also already been announced for next month's Monaco event along with Olympic and world triple jump champion Caterine Ibarguen, Olympic javelin gold medallist Thomas Röhler, Olympic 1500m champion Matthew Centrowitz, world 1500m champion Asbel Kiprop, world javelin champion Julius Yego, world high jump champion Maria Lasitskene and Olympic steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto.

Olympic bronze medallist Ivana Spanovic won the long jump with 6.90 m from Britain's Lorraine Ugen with 6.80 m, while Shara Proctor finished fourth with 6.55 m. Spain's Olympic champion Ruth Beitia claimed another victory as she cleared 1.98 m in the high jump, while Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic beat Germany's Julian Weber and Olympic champion Thomas Rohler in the javelin with a PB of 88.02 m.

Derek Drouin, Mutaz Essa Barshim, Bohdan Bondarenko and Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov will contest the high jump, while Tianna Bartoletta of the United States heads to the Swiss city as world long jump champion.

The high jump is of its usual great standard as world and European champion Bondarenko and world indoor champion Barshim go up against Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov, Derek Drouin and Erik Kynard.

The North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, has revealed that he has broken numerous Winter Olympic records including the javelin, shot put and high jump.

Robbie Grabarz's reintroduction to the international picture last summer at the IAAF World Championships will stand him in good stead to reclaim his place among the best high jumpers in the world, the Olympic bronze medallist believes.

Olympic champion Tia Hellebaut, also making her summer debut, won the high jump with 1.96 m.

Robbie Grabarz finished fourth in the high jump, only managing to clear 2.29 m as American Olympic silver medallist Erik Kynard jumped 2.33 m to take the win.

Olympic bronze and world indoor silver medallist Robbie Grabarz and British indoor champion Chris Baker are other British athletes in Rome where they will mix it with the best in yet another world - class high jump field including world indoor champion Gianmarco Tamberi and 2013 world champion Bohdan Bondarenko.

His sister Blanka is a two - times high jump world champion and has claimed Olympic silver and bronze medals in the event.

Dr. John Garhammer — brilliant mind, with a terrific understanding of Newtonian mechanics, physics and mathematics and a great deal of experience in training athletes, from Olympic weightlifters to throwers — addressed the important similarities in terms of peak power output (a derivative of absolute strength) and rate of force development between Olympic weightlifters, high jumpers, and throwers.

Olympic lifting derivatives - snatch and clean from floor / hang / blocks, snatch and clean pulls, split jerk, push press, hang high pull, shrug jumps

These movements integrate exercise modalities such as high intensity interval training (HIIT), Olympic lifting, power lifting, plyometrics (jumping), and gymnastics and are often performed to fatigue.

For developing the ability to produce force at high speeds, most coaches make use of high - velocity, ballistic exercises like jump squats and Olympic weightlifting derivatives.

Students use Geogebra to plot, then try and find a function to fit Olympic winning data for the men and women's 100m, High Jump, Show jumping and men's weightlifting from 1896 to the present.

In 2016 he created a series of outdoor sculptures for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, depicting athletes whose identities were blurred behind the motion of Olympic events such as diving, high jump and swimming.