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Derek Drouin Wants to be the World's Best High Jumper

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DyeStatPRO.com   Nov 20th 2013, 2:35am
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Drouin on Bondarenko: “I’ll be looking to take him down next season”

Published by SPIKES Magazine on November 19, 2013

Derek Drouin was one of the star cast in a stellar high jump final at the Moscow 2013 World Championships this summer. We speak to the Canadian record holder about clearing 2.40m, and the unconventional training methods he’s using to do it.

Just what is it about world-class high jumpers and their slightly quirky training methods? Earlier this year we revealed that Ivan Ukhov hardly jumped, or did much exercise at all, for months after winning Olympic gold.

Then we found out that Ukraine’s world champion Bohdan Bondarenko had just ONE jumping training session all year.

Now, we give you Moscow bronze medallist Derek Drouin, 23, who spends just as much time hurdling, shot putting and long jumping as he does high jumping.

He even competes in the odd indoor heptathlon, too.

“I think I would get bored training for the same event,” says Drouin, in his soft Canadian drawl. “It has been really good for me.  A lot of people who do just one event get hurt because of the repetition.

“I refrain from doing repetitive motions all the time and this has helped me not to get hurt. By practising the other events I can translate that speed to takeoff and my entire body is always active and getting a good workout. I can’t foresee changing this approach any time soon.”

In a season where high jump has emerged as arguably the stand-out event in track and field, the man from Corunna, Ontario has been at the forefront of its resurgence.



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