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Thursday, August 30, 2007
'No Spike' Donald Thomas- a sport's fairy tale story
In January, 2006, his spring-heeled expertise on the basketball court led a colleague to speculate that the Bahamian might be able to high jump two metres, but probably not. Always one to rise to a challenge, Thomas jumped 2.11 metres. Two days later, in his first competition since dabbling at High School back in Grand Bahama, Thomas jumped 2.23. He was still wearing basketball shoes. He switched to cross-trainers, and ended his first season as a high jumper on 2.24 metres, a respectable enough mark for a novice.
One year later, on Day Five in Osaka’s Nagai Stadium, wearing Pole Vault shoes, as he has done throughout 2007 – unlike High Jump shoes, they have no spike in the heel – Thomas equalled his best jump of the year, 2.35 metres, and won gold at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. If that’s not a fairy tale, the Brothers’ Grimm can go back to the Big Sleep forever.
This is a movie that I found of him doing high jumps. Boy this guy has a huge talent! Spring so powerful he maybe can leap buildings! ahaha hope he got nothing to do with doping though..
He is a world champion now, not bad for a guy who loves basketball more than high jumps..some say his technique is so bad, but who cares? the important thing is to leap over the bar for heavens sake! And just to rub salt on the wound of the beaten finalist at the world meet yesterday:
Thomas admits he only really started training in January, one year after his first essay at the discipline, and he still only does around five hours training a week. But he does have some serious help, in the shape of Jerry Clayton, who coached Charles Austin to the US record. Thomas also admits that he still prefers basketball, which will make his beaten opponents doubt themselves even more.
Kobe are you reading? try high jump ok.
:)
source:http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/
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