Carl Lewis was a ridiculously good long jumper in high school. He wasn’t ‘bold enough to try it’, as he was already a jumper/sprinter before he got to the top.
In 1982 Carl jumped so far, that it looked like he went over 9 meters. It is in his biography and the same story has been told by others elsewhere. The referee put up a red flag so the jump was never measured. But there was no dent in the plastacine, it was to the millimeter. The fact is, it was his one perfect jump, and the computer graphic lines super imposed over the pit, suggested a jump of 9.28 meters.
The proof that Carl was so good is that a lot of people wont believe what I’ve just said. Every long jumper has their Beamon’esque moment, (Mike Powel in 1991) and Carl had his in 1982. 9.28meters is the unofficial greatest leap ever, whether you believe it or not.
I don’t believe 9.28m. Can you please point me to an article with verifiable & justified evidence of this? My not believing is not proof that Carl is that good. It’s proof I don’t believe he jumped 9.28m. Not every jumper has a Beamon-esque moment. Non of Lewis, Saladino, Pedroso, or Myricks had any legal mark that was considerably further than their next best.