Congratulations Ukraine 🇺🇦! They win gold and bronze in women’s high jump!
Back when I was in HS, I was part of the track team - miler and high jumper. I was a "flopper", like Dick Fosbury, and one of my heroes was Dwight Stones, along with the late Steve Prefontaine, a distance runner who died in a tragic auto accident in 1975.
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Wow. I was more of a sprinter and suffered at long distances. You must have been very athletic with both high jumping and running the mile.
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My best high jump was 6', 1" and my best mile time was 5:28. I didn't smoke then (and wish I had never started, but that's another story). I played for the HS basketball team in the off-season and was not a starter, but I had fun playing and managed to get in to a few games. I am 6', 2" tall, so I was only ever a guard, but it was fun. I was lucky enough to be pretty athletic when I was younger, but now I have difficulty walking (diabetic neuropathy hurts).
Getting older sucks.