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Suzuki NIGHT of the JUMPs / IFMXF FIM World Championship Bremen, April 1/2 2006

The weekend in Bremen went quite well for me. Since it was a "Suzuki NIGHT of the JUMPs / IFMXF FIM World Championship" event, there were no prequalification rounds. So, I had to be content with participating in the "Highest Air-Contest".



The jump was once again in good shape and would allow great heights.
After a few jumps one could tell that it would be another exciting final between Libor Podmol and myself.
In the end, I had to admit defeat, at 27.2ft/8,3m, to Libor who jumped 27.8ft/8,5m.
The second day went similar to the first. Libor and I pushed each other to higher and higher heights and he managed to clear 28.5ft/8,7m, while I raised my personal record by .3ft/10cm (to 27.8ft/8,5). After watching a few video analyses of the contest, I discovered that my problem isn't the height, but that it is the width. Hard to believe in a Highest-Air contest, but true.
Everytime I knocked down the bar it was from above, which means that my technique has to get better.
We'll see.

Florian



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