New long jump record
NZPA-Reuter New York Carl Lewis smashed his own indoor world record for the long jump on Friday and promptly predicted he would break the outdoor record this year as well as win four Olympic gold medals. The American leaped 8.79 metres at the Millrose Games in Madison Square Garden to better the existing mark by 23cm. “I think I can beat the world record outdoors this year and I also think I can jump 30 feet (9.15 m Lewis said later. The present world record s&nds at KNm, set by Bob Beaman at
the Mexico City Olympics in 1968. Lewis, who won three gold medals at the world championships in Helsinki last August, hopes to emulate Jesse Owens’s 1936 feat of winning four gold medals in this year’s Olympics. “I think I have a great chance of winning four Olympic gold medals,” he said. A Californian, Steve Scott, won the mile in 3min 59.385, heading off a fellow American, Tom Byers, on the second-last lap. Byers was second in 3min 59.53 s and Roger Donoghue, also of the United States Twas third in 4min 00.25.
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