Wolfgang Ritte claims 40th world age-group record in pole vault
Wolfie did it again — raised his own M60 indoor WR in the vault. According to a German post Monday, Wolfgang Ritte jumped 4.16 meters (13-7 3/4) on his first try Sunday at a “senior indoor sports festival in Ludwigshafen.” Two weeks ago, he went 4.15. According to Leichtathletik, this is Wolfie’s 40th raising of an age-group WR. That’s better than Bubka’s 35. Here’s video of the latest WR:
Here’s a rough translation of the German report:
02/02/2015 | Seniors
Wolfgang Ritte improved the world record one more timeJust two weeks ago was the pole vault world record, which had been set up on 17 January for the Seniors Hall Sports Day in Fürth Wolfgang Ritte (LAV Bayer Uerdingen / Dormagen). In Ludwig Incorrect he surpassed the record of the age group M60 on Sunday by one centimeter.
In the traditional event in Fürth Wolfgang Ritte had come over 4.15 meters and had increased his own record by two centimeters. But again the record books need to be rewritten because on 31 January, the pole vaulter increased the senior indoor sports festival in Ludwigshafen to 4.16 meters and placed so that in this year his second world record.
In Ludwigshafen Wolfgang Ritte rose at 3.51 meters and jumped over this height like the following then 3.81 meters in the first attempt. At 4.01 meters the bar wanted to lie there until the third passage, the new world record height of 4.16 meters then succeeded at the first attempt.
Without after that to try to further heights, the old and new world record holder finished then the competition. The performance of Ludwigshafen was also an anniversary for Wolfgang Ritte, a member of the third year of the age group M60: His latest record was simultaneously across ages, his 40th overall pole vault world record.
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Look for Wolfgang to up the stakes- Did you see his hip height over the bar-he can go much higher !
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