[quote author="Nick Newman" date="1245401521"]Why is everyone not mentioning Powells 8.95m ?
I think the single greatest performance ever in Track was Beamons 8.90 and the fact that Powell beat that and that 8.74m (21cm’s less) is the biggest jump since Powell record which came 30???? years after Beamons record…!!!!!
My word it has to be Powell. It is the greatest record in sports period isn’t it?
I was expecting that one from you! lol
Many people have jumped near that mark or even more. Pedrozo 9.04 in the 95 Panams, Pedrozo 8.96, Lewis consistency, Emmiyan, Beamon, etc. Serble, Edwards, Bubka and Zelezny obliterated the event and nobody came close to them.
That Tokyo competition is maybe the greatest T&F competition I have ever seen though.[/quote]
What are you talking about lol?
No one has jumped close in how long? And like i said, Beamon’s jump was better than anything ever done before or since in track and field but because it was broken by Powell, surely powell’s record is the greatest.