Maybe with straight legs she would've been close to 1.5, but still, that's not an unbelievable leap, even at the end of an 800. Her bent legs make it look higher than it is.
Great photo for capturing the joy and exultation of her victory, though.
It was almost too much for her tired legs as she came close to falling on the landing.
If she had had tired legs, she wouldn't have leapt over the finish line.
Moraa does not experience tired legs or the effect of lactic acid at the same rate as other humans...Well except in winter, where she was finishing 4 or 5 seconds behind Hodgkinson on the indoor circuit and struggling to break 2 minutes.
If you want a side video of the finish it looks more like she just lifts her legs than actually elevates her torso in a jump more than a couple inches.
Still a great kick and surprising energy at the end.
The photographer is on ground aiming the camera up a bit. This has the effect of making closer objects look higher. Look at the photo next to/below it, probably from the same photographer, of Jakob winning the 5000. He's higher than everyone else without jumping at all - and the camera isn't even as low as the Morra picture (looking at the perspective of the line of boards on the right side).
Knowing how camera angles affect a shot is a big part of taking interesting/dramatic photos.
Here's a photo taken from a high camera. Morra's head is lower in the photo than all but Mu and Hodgkinson despite the jump. It's all camera angles.
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The photographer is on ground aiming the camera up a bit. This has the effect of making closer objects look higher. Look at the photo next to/below it, probably from the same photographer, of Jakob winning the 5000. He's higher than everyone else without jumping at all - and the camera isn't even as low as the Morra picture (looking at the perspective of the line of boards on the right side).
Knowing how camera angles affect a shot is a big part of taking interesting/dramatic photos.
Here's a photo taken from a high camera. Morra's head is lower in the photo than all but Mu and Hodgkinson despite the jump. It's all camera angles.