Monday, 13 August 2012

High Jump Gold Medallist Used To Compete Blind Drunk (Video)

The newly crowned Olympic high jump gold medallist, Russia's Ivan Ukhov, has come a long way in the last four years.

After winning gold with an impressive 2.38m jump this week, video has emerged of the champion competing at an event four years ago blind drunk - stumbling, struggling to take his track suit off and eventually offering what has to be the single-greatest high jump of all time:


You can also check out a high-def video of the jump itself - but this video leaves out the struggles he had simply getting started on his jump. Any guesses to how this guy celebrated his gold medal?

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