Bjorn Otto Clears 6.01m at Domspringen, New German NR, by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder

Bjorn Otto, photo by PhotoRun.net

Bjorn Otto, the Olympic silver medalist, just jumped the highest height in the world, with his 6.01 meter clearance. Bjorn also set a new German record, breaking Tim Lobinger’s 6.00 meter jump from 1997.

AACHEN (GER, Sep 5): Olympic silver winner Bjorn Otto cleared at the â€žDomspringen” special pole vault meet new German record and world leading 601 cm. He is the first this year with 6 meters and improved the national mark of Tim Lobinger from 1997 by 1 cm. 5000 spectators watched Otto with 571 clearance already securing the win (second Karsten Dilla and third Malte Mohr both 556). His next height was 591 and Otto made it in third attempt, new meet record. After that he still had enough power to get the top mark of 601 in second attempt in ideal weather conditions.

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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