Totally Outrageous Video - Rich Fulford

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there's an extreme video show on the G4 channel called "totally outrageous behavior". flipping through the channels the other day I caught the tail end of the closing scenes and they showed a quick glimpse of a pole vaulter getting skewered by the pole on the way down. I think it was Rich Fulford from UT. has anyone seen this video? anyone have an mpeg of it they can share? I'd like to take another look at it. I think the pole sticks in his thigh and he actually re-bends it as he falls. looked nasty.

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I managed to record the episode to my Tivo and got a closer look. it is not pretty. I'm trying to figure out how to save the content to an mpeg file. any A/V experts in the house?

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Ouch that sounds like it might hurt.

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well, there is this video that I'd bet you've seen before. It is in the Olympics, not sure who it is tho.
go here to see it on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ockbXMKZKPQ

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yeah I've seen that one - it's nasty too but it's not the one I'm talking about. in reviewing the G4 video I'm not sure that it is Rich Fulford - the uniform he's wearing does not look like a UT uniform.

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The Olympic vaulter is Denis Yurchenko of the Ukraine. There was a stretcher involved and lots of blood.

The worst I've seen was actually on one of those home video TV shows back in '98 or so. Alain Andji of France landed on top of a pacer carbon and impaled himself about 2 inches deep in the muscle of the inner thigh just below the crotch. Even though the video is from a distance, you can see it pierce the muscle and pop out when the pole bends. Ended his season and never jumped near 19' again after that.