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the vaulter's fall, Re. Eire about it, ides catching th. is that drome would anid B feet off the Then if the vaulter balks the jump Biber t try," he explained, safely under it for an-
The veteran mentor, bronzed and from years of distahee run-hás been some of his finest injured iñ the vaulting ÜParle Meadows, former University Of Southern California star and holder of the world's pole vaulting record, is among those on the sidelines from constant landings in the nóhe-too-soft sawdust. Meadows now coached by Monteverde, suffered a wrenched knee recently when he missed the pit after a near-record jump.
"Montéverde is convinced that the present record of 14 feet, 11% inches Could be rüised to over 16 feet if the vaulter Were spited the jarring impact at the end of each vault.
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