Blog Posts by Lin Wenjian
Repost from Yahoo! UK/Eurosport blog World of Sport
Long jumpers spend their lives trying to defy gravity - but one budding American athlete put a little too much faith in his ability to do so at a recent event.
He looked the part, did a great job of getting the crowd behind him, got off to a decent-looking run-up... and then this happened:
Perhaps the pressure got to the as-yet-unidentified athlete: with the US Olympic trials looming in June, he must have been aware that he needed a 'Superman' moment to make the team.
It's just a shame that he took that idea a smidgin too literally.
Read More »Repost from Yahoo! UK Eurosport blog World of Sport
Long jumpers spend their lives trying to defy gravity - but one budding American athlete put a little too much faith in his ability to do so at a recent event.
He looked the part, did a great job of getting the crowd behind him, got off to a decent-looking run-up... and then this happened:
Perhaps the pressure got to the as-yet-unidentified athlete: with the US Olympic trials looming in June, he must have been aware that he needed a 'Superman' moment to make the team.
It's just a shame that he took that idea a smidgin too literally.
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