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  1.                                  Jesse set or equaled six
  2.                                  world records. He set
  3.                                  records in the 220-yard 
  4.                                  dash, the long jump, the 
  5.                                  220-yard low hurdles, and
  6. equaled the record in the 100-yard dash.
  7. (JesseΓÇÖs records in the 220-yard dash and
  8. the 220-yard low hurdles also counted as
  9. records in the 200-meter dash and the 200-
  10. meter low hurdles.) Jesse's record in the
  11. long jump wasnΓÇÖt broken for more than 25
  12. years! 
  13.  
  14. After that performance, Jesse was the favorite
  15. to win the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes 
  16. and the long jump at the 1936 Olympics. He 
  17. did, setting Olympic records in the 200-
  18. meter dash and the long jump, and 
  19. tying the Olympic record in the 100 
  20.  
  21.