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...fact while browsing an obscure area of ESPN.com. After I read the Associated Press brief on his exit, I sat back and thought for a bit. Ultimately, I came to the admittedly odd conclusion that no single athlete is as responsible for my love of sport today as Sergei Bubka, the world's greatest pole vaulter...
...seemingly random points in the program, we'd witness moments of Bubka...
...remember ever seeing another vaulter. There's a good chance that by the time Dad and I showed up every year, the Ukranian had already blown the field away. By the time the competition really got interesting, Bubka's opponents were few in number...
...there was Bubka himself...
...lack technical knowledge with which to describe Bubka's forays into the Garden air. What I can say is that each and every jump was a perfect example of muscular coordination, and that each revealed unrivaled intensity and focus. I can also say that Bubka's jumps forever changed the way I looked at athletics...