thehemanchronicles t1_j127d96 wrote on December 21, 2022 at 3:06 AM Reply to comment by JackisbackHallo in TIL that in 1968 Bob Beamon broke the world record for the long jump by nearly 2 feet. His jump exceeded the limits of the measuring equipment that had been installed and his jump had to be measured manually. by Lagavulin16_neat "Soviet long jumper Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, said, of the jump: 'compared to this jump, we are children.'" Permalink Parent 25
thehemanchronicles t1_j127d96 wrote
Reply to comment by JackisbackHallo in TIL that in 1968 Bob Beamon broke the world record for the long jump by nearly 2 feet. His jump exceeded the limits of the measuring equipment that had been installed and his jump had to be measured manually. by Lagavulin16_neat
"Soviet long jumper Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, said, of the jump: 'compared to this jump, we are children.'"