M55 Wolfgang Ritte ups own vault world record to 14-6
Germany’s Wolfgang Ritte raised his own M55 world age-group record in the vault Saturday from 4.27 (14-0) to 4.42 meters (14-6), and his jump was posted on YouTube. At the start of the year, the world age-group record was 4.26 by Sweden’s Hans Lagerqvist in 1996. The Koops report that Wolfie went 4.32 first and “this new world record would last only 10 minutes. Supported by the rhythmic clapping of the many viewers, Wolfgang Ritte (raised the bar) by 10 cm (and cleared).” He’ll take more shots this weekend in the western German Championships.
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Congratulations Wolfgang. It is great to see that you are continuing to jump so well. What size pole and what grip height did you use for this record jump?
Hello John,
thanks for your Congratulations.
Here are the values of my pole I did use for this record jump:
Type: UCS-Spirit
Length: 4,60 m
Flex-No.: 15.4
Grip: 4,30 m
Stands: 80
Best regards. John, please give my best regards to Jeff Kingstad, Michael Hogan, Rita Hanscom and Christel and Jerry Donley
Lieber Wolfgang,
siehste, ich hatte doch vorgeschlagen, etwas hoeher zu gehen, als nur ein “paar” Zentimeter.
Und siehe da… wir haben sogar den Sprung auf “youtube” gesehen.
Mach weiter so, danke fuer die Gruesse.
Wie geht”s Ute?
Gruss, Christel und Jerry
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