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- Dan OΓÇÖBrien went from a
- ΓÇ£disaster" at the 1992 U.S.
- Olympic Trials to
- establishing himself as the
- worldΓÇÖs greatest athlete.
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- The title of ΓÇ£worldΓÇÖs greatest athlete" usually
- goes to the world champion in the decathlon.
- In 1991, Dan achieved what was then the
- second-highest decathlon score in history.
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- Dan was the overwhelming favorite to win
- the decathlon gold medal going into the
- 1992 Summer Olympics. At the U.S. Olympic
- Trials (tryouts), Dan was on world-record
- pace after seven events, when disaster
- struck: Dan missed all three attempts in
- the pole vault. Although he finished the
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