Long+Jump

The Long Jump The Long Jump is one of my favourite events. Of course this event is quite simple in explanation, the athlete that jumps the farthest wins!

instead of talking about the rules of this event I would like to talk about one of the GREATEST showdowns of all time, Mike Powell against Carl Lewis.

Below you will find the video of this competition.

media type="youtube" key="ybEs3j_MmrA" width="425" height="350" Prior to this event, the world record in the Long Jump was a whopping 8.90 meters set by Bob Beamon. Carl Lewis, the fastest man in the world and undefeated in the long jump set out to win yet another title as he was favoured to win. However, his team mate, Mike Powell, had something to say about it. As you have just seen, the two went on to put on one of the biggest shows of all time. Carl Lewis pulled ahead, and on one of his round jumped an astounding 8.91 meters, the wind was however a little strong and thus it could not be counted as a world record but yet was still the farthest jump EVER recorded. He was sure to win yet another title. When SUDDENLY, Mike Powell belted out an incredible attempt. the Crowd went silent, the wind was legal....and there it was !!! 8.95 meters A NEW WORLD RECORD.

This was an amazing moment in track and field, no matter how many times I watch this video I am still inspired at the events that took place.