WHY NOW? BECAUSE JONATHAN EDWARDS' WORLD RECORD IS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC RECORDS IN THE HISTORY OF ATHLETICS.
A HANDFUL OF ATHLETES RAN AFTER ....CHRISTIAN TAYLOR, PICHARDO, TEDDY THAMGO...AND VERY FEW OTHERS.
THE RECORD WAS NOT BROKEN ON THIS DAY IN 2015, JUST GETTING VERY, VERY CLOSE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THING THAT HAPPENED.
Knowing that Christian had to change his support foot and still managed to reach that level is not IMPRESSIVE . it's just UNREAL.
The self-sacrifice the discipline and the confidence it takes to achieve this, is is very very very RARE.
And it's too often forgotten ... we only see the performance and pass the PATH that led to it in any case we saw it and we respect it infinitely.
Christian Taylor has a phenomenal career he achieved that day and arguably his greatest feat even though it is perhaps the least talked about.
LEGEND 1
“ The greatest athletes knows that «IMPOSSIBLE» is just an easier way, for regular people, to say very Very VERY HARD...”
LEGEND 2
“..This is, arguably,the greatest exploit in the history of triple jump, but It's not the world record ..HOW? look at his feet! not when he landed...when he TOOK OFF!”
August 27, 2015
American Christian Taylor produced the second-longest triple jump in history as he soared 18.21 meters to take gold in a high-quality world championship competition............... READ THE FULL ARTICLE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY RIGHT HERE.
