High jumper misplaces uniform, competes in T-shirt and wins gold medal
Russian high jumper Ivan Ukhov breezed to a gold medal on Tuesday at the London Olympics, but his evening was not without complication.
The 26-year-old misplaced his uniform between his third and fourth jumps and had to use a T-shirt as a replacement. He pinned his number to the shirt and successfully cleared the 2.33-meter mark before searching for the uniform.
Ukhov, who takes his jersey off after jumps, eventually located his uniform in time to clear the 2.38-meter mark and win the gold medal. He topped Kobe Bryant look-alike Erik Kynard, Jr., who finished second.
Winning gold was somewhat of a redemption for Ukhov who was admonished for infamously competing while drunk at Athletissima in 2008:
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Why does the media focus on stupid crap like this? I'm sure that the writer of this article has never done anything wrong in his whole entire life. I wish there was a "sub-media" that would dig up dirt and follow around reporters so that we know what kind of people they really are.
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Dude, you are a total loser. Good looking trolling internet news comments.
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Happens to the best of us and that kind of stuff happens to me all the time.
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One meter is approximately equal to three feet...:)
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Maybe he was drunk again? Just sayin......
