Carl Lewis devastating
Carl Lewis, the magnificently gifted sprinter and long jumper, put on two of the most glittering performances in track and field history in a record-filled programme at the United States track and field trials.
Lewis won the long jump at 8.7 m, equalling the fourth-best performance ever outdoors, and ran his second-round heat in the 200 m in 19.845, the secondbest effort ever at sea level and the fourth-best over. all. Apart from Lewis’s remarkable exploits, there were two American records — 1 min 43.74 s by Earl Jones and Johnny Gray in the men’s 800 m, and 49.28 s by Chandra Cheeseborough in the women’s 400 m.
Lewis, seeking to make the team in four events — in his quest to match the four-gold medal feat of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics — earned his third place by capturing the long jump.
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