Carl Lewis be seen with tears in his eyes afterwards. "The best race of my life," Lewis said. "The best technique, the fastest. And I did it at thirty." Lewis's world record would stand for nearly three years. Lewis also anchored the 4 × 100 m relay team to another world record, 37.50 s, the third time that year he had anchored a 4 × 100 m squad to a world record. The 1991 World Championships are perhaps best remembered for the long jump final, considered by some to have been one of greatest competitions ever in any sport. Lewis was up
Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics German team in earlier Games). Yukio Kasaya, winner of the normal hill event, was the first ever Winter Olympic gold medalist for Japan, while Wojciech Fortuna was the first ever Winter gold medalist for Poland. Sixteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Sapporo Games. Sports-Reference - 1972 Olympics - Ski jumping Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of two events held from 6 February to 11 February, with the large hill event taking place at Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium, and the normal hill event at Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium. Japan