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  1.                                  When Mike Powell won 
  2.                                  the long jump at the 1991 
  3.                                  world track-and-field 
  4.                                  championships, he broke 
  5.                                  one of the most amazing 
  6.                                  records in the sport. 
  7.  
  8. In 1968, Bob Beamon of the United States
  9. won the Olympic gold medal when he
  10. jumped 29' 2 ┬╜". That jump broke the
  11. previous record held by Ralph Boston of the
  12. U.S. by nearly two feet!
  13.  
  14. Before the world championships, Mike had 
  15. always jumped in the shadow of Carl Lewis. 
  16. Carl had beaten Mike all 15 times they had 
  17. competed, including the 1988 Olympics, 
  18. when Carl took the gold and Mike the 
  19. silver. But at the world championships, 
  20.