German tops American’s new M55 world PV record

Sorry, Jeff. Wolfgang Ritte has entered the room. The same day M55 Jeff Kingstad thought he was upping his own world indoor record in the vault, German world champion Ritte was putting it appreciably higher someplace in Deutschland. According to results posted on Annette and Robert Koop’s site, Wolfgang cleared 4.20 meters (13-9 1/4) — just five days after turning double nickels. (That translates to a 5.72, or 18-9 1/4, on the Age-Graded Tables.) So who will end the season uber alles? Wolfie is among 333 Germans listed as entrants at French worlds in March. Jeff isn’t listed as an entrant. But he has the luxury of competing at Boston nationals AFTER the Clermont-Ferrand meet and can see what mark he has to surpass. Who will be the first to 4.27 (14 feet)? Go get ’em, Jeff!


Here’s an achingly bad Google translation of the Annette Seite post:


Wolfgang rides: annual and age class with a kick
Pole vault world record

At Niederrhein was the annual opening of Germany’s best-known Masters pole jumper in the same place with a bang: Wolfgang Ritte (* 1953, Wesel TV) met on Saturday (from the training Out “) in the district championships of the circle Rhine-lip in the Sparkasse Weseler Auestadion hall in his first race test And convinced. Even with his second jump in this race Years he skipped 4.10 m on Saturday and was looking forward to helping out in the Record lists, five-year-old M55 indoor world record by Matti Kilpelainen (USA) in the pole vault set to have, not guessing, That prior week period of the Americans Jeff Kingstad (M55) in Reno (US -State of Nevada) 4.11 m had skipped. It was not decisive,
Because then go directly Wolfgang rides – just five days after Completion of 55 Birthday – at 4.20 metres away and a new Indoor world record in the M55. 4.30 m tore the World Championship of Riccione Then three very tight. Ritte confident against www.masters –
Sport.de: “I expect to have the world record continues to improve — If I stay healthy. ”

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January 14, 2008

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  1. John Altendorf - January 14, 2008

    Wow. How great is this! We get to “watch” a battle proceed during this indoor season. Each will keep the other working hard to gain the top position. Congratulations to both Jeff and Wolfgang.
    – John

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