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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Warner was already jumping well below the other front runners. He failed at 4.6m while the German in 1st overall was at 5m. The eventual gold medalist did 5.3m.
Based on my limited understanding of the points system, Warner couldn’t afford to drop that many points by clearing a lower height. Or at least not without putting himself in a position where he’d have to excel at the final two events. The Norwegian in 3rd at the time also failed to score in the pole vault.
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You are not limited in attempts, except by the 3 tries at any given height. You are limited by how much is in the tank - which is probably less at 34. You don't want to waste energy clearing what should be doable heights. He was already the oldest gold medal winner in history last Olympics. Even at 34, getting 'old' is no good