Talk:Sergei Bubka

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Contents 1 World Record Videos 2 Serhei/Sergei 3 Physical measurements 4 Consistency

[edit] World Record Videos

Anyone with the WR video from Sestriere, Italy (or the indoor one), upload to putfile.com and add to this article. From what I've gathered, they're both very rare (do not exist on the internet). The clip appears on:

Beginner to Bubka companion DVD
Vault 2000 DVD by Dr. Spencer Chang (supposedly)

Not on:

http://www.neovault.com/mem_video_starkey_archives.asp This misleadingly contains only an attempt at WR in Lausanne.

[edit] Serhei/Sergei

Serhei or Sergei? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Garli (talk • contribs)

Serhei is Ukrainian and Sergei is Russian. I am not sure what the Wikipedia convention would be. He is Ukrainian, but did most of his competing for the USSR, which was dominated by Russian. Also, he is, I think, better known in the west as Sergei. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.172.147.90 (talk • contribs)

Certainly the name used in English is Sergei, so there is no doubt it should stay that way on the en wiki. Clearly for the Russian wiki this is debatable. David D. (Talk) 08:04, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Why would it be debatable for Russian wiki? There is no alternative name for Sergei in Russian. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.185.133.119 (talk) 06:00, 18 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Physical measurements

The height and weight of athletes is provided in other articles. I would appreciate someone adding that information to this article, particularly because the article imparts the success of Buka to his strength and speed.

[edit] Consistency

This article mixes "metres" and "meters"; also, sometimes the "m" is spaced from the number and sometimes is not. I suggest a cleanup according to WP:UNITS. Nineko 12:37, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

at the end there is something about 20 feets, but pole vault jumpers jump in meters (or metres)! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.87.13.70 (talk) 22:18, 19 February 2008 (UTC)