Sunday 22 September 2013

One man holds 35 unbeaten world records in pole vaulting!


Serhiy Nazorovych Bubka is a retired Ukrainian pole vaulter. He represented the Soviet Union until it's dissolution 1991.Throughout his athletic career he won multiple awards, such as six consecutive IAAF World Championships, Olympics gold and broke the world record for men’s pole vaulting 35 times!

 
He currently holds the world record of 6.14 meters (20 feet 1 ¾ inches), and the current indoor world record of 6.15 meters! Sergey Bubka has set 35 world records in the progression of pole vaulting’s highest mark. The only time he lost his outdoor record, he immediately reclaimed it on his next run, moments later.
Neither Bubka’s indoor or outdoor records have been beaten in nearly 18 years! The fact that most of the time the record he improved was his own, demonstrates his absolute dominance in the event.When you love something, you will always give your everything to become the best.




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