Greatest long jump final ever: Carl Lewis and Mike Powell trade world records in 1991 | NBC Sports

on his last attempt Carl Lewis jumped in excess of the current world-record held for the past twenty two and a half years by Bob Beamon however it was wind-aided exceeding the allowable limit by nine tenths of a meter per second or roughly two miles per hour this is mike powell fifth round jump he's starting to run out of time in the fourth round he had a slight foul right around twenty eight feet nine inches Powell's got to get on his horse right here well big jump for Powell that was huge and it's a fair jump no red flag like in the last round what an incredible competition 0.3 meters per second aiding win that's not over the allowable Carl like everyone else waiting for the measurement Powell standing in for the board transfixed record okay [Applause] [Music] [Applause] my cow virtually out of nowhere in this competition a long foul in the fourth round but his best legal mark 28 feet of quarter inch before that explosion that Bob here he isn't the runway driving hard breathing hard he's checks up hits the board right on the button incredible height the best Hut I've ever seen foul the kind of light that Bob Beamon got in Mexico City at 29 four and a half Pawel exceeds PMON by two inches at sea level with no wind and with room despair on the board he can't believe it but remember this competition is not over we're only in the fifth round and para Luis jumps after Mike Powell in the order what must be going through this man's mind the heir apparent to the long jump crown the man who was supposed to break Neiman's record years ago a man who broke daemons record wouldn't half inch vowels nine years ago in Indianapolis now not only does he not have the world record at this moment but one of the other people in the competition does right now has seen this movie before it happened at a national championships in June Lewis the consummate competitor oh great jump by Louis but he's much more subdued in his reaction this time we're splitting hairs in this competition Howell knows that Lewis is capable of anything you don't have a 65 feet winning streak over ten and a half years without not knowing how to respond under pressure Lewis looking as good as he ever has on the runway on every one of his jumps tonight once again right on the board this time into a slight head with 29 one and a quarter the third longest jump in history Powell's cannon has fired a world record after 22 and a half years Ken Carl Lewis do what he has done so many times before in the last 10 and a half years everyone in this stadium knows what Carl Lewis is capable of with his hundred meter speed and it's peak right now no one counts him out of this competition and another big jump for Lewis and just like in New York he looks into the pit and his unsure of the distance he has already jumped three times beyond 2811 and three quarters in this competition and now the waiting game waiting for the distance on the board [Applause] 29 feet even and the street has pumped to an end I'm sure if we could buy plug every single person in this arena what a great run Lewis's had ten and a half years without losing a lot of competition to gold medals in the long jump to gold medals in the World Championships but tonight it's all mike Powell you

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Id: sLmoJyVnLm0

Length: 6min 27sec (387 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 18 2020

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[u/hebronbear]

That was an incredible competition!

[u/mrbounce74]

The best one on one comp i have ever seen.

[u/Globalruler__]

American athletes!!!!