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...form ("I still can't get my feet together"), but soared 26 ft. 7! in. to break by 2| in. the Olympic record Jesse Owens set in 1936. Fighting for second place, Army Lieut. Bo Roberson, 25. a former Cornell halfback, was trailing Russia's Igor Ter-Ovanesyan when he got off the greatest jump of his life on his last try to hit 26 ft. 7| in. for a silver medal. Watching his record broken by the two Americans. Owens cracked: "Well, there goes another old friend...
...Hitting the mark at a sprinter's clip. Bell jackknifed forward and landed at 26 ft. 7 in., equaling his best distance-a jump that stands second only to Jesse Owens' 1935 record of 26 ft. 8¼ in. The pressure on Russia's Igor Ter-Ovanesyan was so intense that he fouled repeatedly, had to settle for 25 ft. 9¼ in. and second place...