https://www.topendsports.com/videos Topend Sports videos Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:14:31 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.6 40040165 https://www.topendsports.com/videos/sports/unusual/women-canal-jumpers/ https://www.topendsports.com/videos/sports/unusual/women-canal-jumpers/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:14:31 +0000 http://topendsports.com/videos/?p=104 This unusual sporting event of Canal Jumping, called Fierljeppen, is a traditional and unusual sport in The Netherlands. Here is a video of a Canal Jumping world record, in the women’s event.

]]> https://www.topendsports.com/videos/sports/unusual/women-canal-jumpers/feed/ 0 104 https://www.topendsports.com/videos/sports/unusual/canal-jumping-world-record/ https://www.topendsports.com/videos/sports/unusual/canal-jumping-world-record/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:12:38 +0000 http://topendsports.com/videos/?p=102 Canal jumping requires the contestants run and jump onto the pole, shimmy to the top of the pole, and then vault off to try and land on the opposite bank. Below is a video of then a world record leap, 20.41 meters set by Jaco de Groot on the 9th August 2006.

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