Success in Athletics and how to obtain it
) FIG. 35.-THE PoLE-JUMP (No. 3). E. Archi– bald, Canada, who tied with C. S. Jacobs, U.S.A., and S. Soderstorm, Sweden, at II it. 9 in., for second place at the I9o8 Olympic Games. Archibald has pushed the pole strongly away, and is clearing the bar face downwards and perfectly flat out. The perfect body-control is parlicularJy worthy of note. rrz] FIG. 36.-THE POLE-JUMP (No. 4). Archibald has now flung up tlte arn1s t.o clear the upper part of the body away from tlle bar, aud to enable him to regain his equilibrium, so that he will laud in the pit on his feet.
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