Italy’s Segatal equals highest M45 jump in history
Marco Segatal is ready for Riccione. An Italian high jumper who will compete before supportive crowds at worlds, Marco boosted his own M45 outdoor WR this month to 2.04 meters (6-8 1/4), according to this Italian report. That mark ties the highest M45 leap in history — an indoor mark by American Dennis Lewis. Marco jumped 2.01 (6-7) last April. The listed M45 world outdoor record is 2.00, shared by Finland’s Asko Pesonen and American Bruce McBarnette.
Here’s a rough translation of the Italian posting on Marco’s record:
And finally the measure has arrived that Mark SEGATEL (23/03/1962) has chased from months. To imbrunire today, in a regional contest to Cernusco on the Ship close to Milan, the prodigioso up Lombardic jumper has scavalcato 2,04 and has ritoccato just the world-wide record outdoor of the category master M45 of 2,02 obtained the 28 opens slid them.\
(Photo taken from the cellular telephone of Segatel)
Towards 20,00 hours the athlete of the Olimpia Amatori Rimini, after to have old the 1,98 measure he has asked to try 2,04. To the third attempt he has finally crowned what he considered for two reasons a goal: because it is the measure that has already obtained the slid year from 44enne; and because February 2006 exists in the M45 category an identical performance but indoor exceeded from the American Dennis LEWIS (20/03/1959) l’11. Hour nobody can support that someone has jumped more than Mark SEGATEL after to have completed 45 years.
On the Age-Graded Tables, 2.04 corresponds to an Open (ages 20-30) jump of 2.37 (7-9 1/4).
Not too shabby.
