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The Moravia High Jump Tour is an elite-level, invitation-only, indoor Athletics competition for the world's best high jumpers, both men and women. It is a high jump-only competition, held in the eastern Czech region of Moravia. Although the competition is held in small basketball gymnasiums, without a track, the Tour is sanctioned by the IAAF, the sport's governing body. First organized as a Tour in 2005, it quickly became the world's best (non-championship) indoor competition and routinely produces world-leading jumps. Held in the Czech Republic in late January each year, the Tour initially consisted of three stops spread over a week, including the town of Ostrava, but in 2008 it was shortened to two competitions held three days apart in the towns of Hustopeče and Třinec. The two events are now usually held on a Wednesday and Saturday, or, on Saturday and Tuesday. The first Tour was, officially, only for Men, but a Women's competition was held in 2005. The Women's program was formally launched at the 2006 Tour, at all three towns. The town of Trinec is located near the city of Ostrava, in eastern Czech Republic. The Trinec event is also known as ''The Beskyd’s Bar'' and is held at the Vitality Slezsko Indoor Tennis Arena: competitors are allowed to practice on the converted tennis court the evening before the competition. The city of Hustopece is located near Brno. Jumpers are encouraged to "play to the crowd" and the indoor party atmosphere is further enhanced by having music played as they prepare to jump. The narrow basketball gynasium at Hustopece can only accommodate 1,000 spectators, while about 2,000 are able to squeeze into the facility at Trinec. Rubberized floor panels are laid down over the wooden basketball court so that the jumpers can wear their jumping shoes with short spikes. Although jumpers are invited to compete in all stops on the Tour, often their schedules permit them to jump at only one venue. In addition, severe winter weather occasionally prevents athletes from flying into the Czech Republic, and can even hamper travel between Tour cities. In addition to the individual event winners, an overall Men's and Women's champion is crowned based on the combined heights of their best jumps in the two (initially, three) cities. First organized as a Tour in January 2005, over its first four years the series witnessed 14 men's marks of 2.30 m or better (7 feet 6 1/2 inches), and on the women's side twenty (20) marks of 1.92 m or higher (6 ft 3 1/2in). For reasons that can not be explained, but are obvious to the jumpers, the gymansium at Hustopece has consistently yielded higher results than the facility at Trinec, for both men and women. After the 4th Tour in 2008, the meet records at Trinec were 2.32 (Jaroslav Baba, 2004) and 1.97 (Barbora Lalakova, 2008), while at Hustopece they were 2.36 (Ivan Ukhov, 2008) and 1.99 (Vita Palamar and Ariane Friedrich, 2008).〔''IAAF.org'', official press release, 4 December 2008; (Friedrich, Thornblad and Chicherova to highlight Moravia High Jump Tour ); accessed 5 March 2011〕 Russian jumper Ivan Ukhov won the Men's competition at the Tour in 2009, 2010 and 2011, each time breaking the meet record with a world-leading jump: 2.36 at Hustopece in 2009; 2.37 at Hustopece in 2010, and 2.38 (7 ft 9 1/2 in) at Hustopece in 2011.〔Russian Athletics News, 27 January 2010; "Ukhov wins Moravia High Jump Tour"; accessed 5 March 2011〕 At the 2011 event in Hustopece, Ukhov attempted three times to leap 2.44 (8 feet), one centimeter higher than the world indoor record set by Javier Sotomayor in 1989. The 44-year-old Cuban was in attendance to watch the 24-year-old Russia narrowly miss on his second jump, brushing the bar on his way down. ==1st Moravia High Jump Tour 2005== The inaugural Tour event included three stops: first leg at Hustopece, second at Trinec, and the third stop in Ostrava on Saturday 29 January. Czech jumper Jaroslav Baba was the overall winner on the Men's side, competing in all three venues with marks of 2.35 (first), 2.27 and 2.25 (third), totalling 687 cm. Svatoslav Ton was second overall (676 cm) and American Tora Harris was third (670 cm).〔''IAAF.org'', official press release, 29 January 2005; (wins Czech High Jump tour ); accessed 5 March 2011〕 A total of 19 male jumpers competed over the course of the three-meet Tour in 2005.〔IAAF.org, official press release, 11 January 2007; (Champion's participation in Ostrava headlines Moravia High Jump Tour ); accessed 5 March 2011〕 * A total of 16 Women competed in 2005, although it was not recognized as an IAAF-sanctioned event for the women that year. Hustopece: The Men's winner was local Czech hero Jaroslav Baba, who established a world-leading jump of 2.35 m. Trinec: Ostrava: The Men's winner was Czech Svatoslav Ton with a third-attempt clearance of . Ukrainian Yuriy Krymarenko was second at 2.27, and (Ostrava's hometown hero) Jaroslav Baba was third at 2.25 (passing 2.27 and missing all three attempts at 2.29). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moravia High Jump Tour」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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