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...omen. "If there were flags out there on the runway," Carl said, "they'd all be blowing a different direction. It will be real hard to jump here unless we have a miracle and the wind decides to blow one way." But, as World Record Holder Bob Beamon (29 ft. 2½ in.) might tell him, miracles are not unknown in the long jump. -By Tom Callahan. Reported by Steven Holmes and Melissa Ludtke/Los Angeles
...world record, set by Bob Beamon of the U.S. in the thin air of Mexico City at the 1968 Olympics...
...impossible has intrigued Lewis since boyhood. Back in 1968, when Carl was seven, Bob Beamon of New York City leaped a record 29 ft. 2½ in. in the Mexico City Olympics, almost two feet farther than anyone else had ever managed. But when Lewis was ten, he marked off the distance in his Willingboro, N.J., front yard and thought about being the best in the world. Challenging records was a family tradition. His parents were both collegiate stars, who formed their own track and field club in 1969 and coach at competing high schools. His sister Carol...
...breaking the old mark by a quarter inch. Another East German, Lutz Dombrowski, 21, became only the second man ever to exceed 28 ft. in the long jump, but his 28 ft. ¼ in. fell more than a foot short of the record set in 1968 by American Bob Beamon...
...disappointed with third place in the long jump, but Stan Vinson, 27, who won gold medals in the 400-meter dash and 1,600-meter relay, looked ahead: "I think he'll jump 29 ft. before he's 20 the way he's going." Bob Beamon's 1968 world record...