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JuVaughn Harrison has formally stamped his ticket to Tokyo after profitable two U.S. titles on Sunday (June 27), additionally putting himself in historical past.
Harrison gained the excessive bounce with a clearance of seven’7.75” in the course of the afternoon and returned to compete within the lengthy bounce about six hours later, profitable that with a profession better of 27’9.50”.
The 22-year-old nicknamed “Mr. Jumps,” hasn’t misplaced a excessive bounce competitors since March 30, 2019, which inbetween, consists of 15 straight competitions.
WIth his double qualification, Harrison turns into the primary man in U.S. historical past since Jim Thorpe (1912) to symbolize Workforce USA in each the lengthy bounce and excessive bounce on the Olympics.
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“It means quite a bit,” he stated, in response to USA Today. “That is loads of years, for anyone to not do it.”
Harrison, a member of the Louisiana State College monitor group, has additionally blown away his faculty’s competitors, profitable six NCAA titles, which is way over anybody else who has competed on the college.
Harrison is proving additionally that he’s expert within the technique of performing his occasions. Excessive leaping and lengthy leaping are very completely different from each other as the previous requires mastering of a way generally known as “the Fosbury Flop,” by which athletes leap backwards over a bar. Lengthy Jumpers should construct up velocity on an extended runway after which throw themselves ahead right into a sand pit.
Even various kinds of footwear are wanted to leap successfully in every competitors.
“Whereas in excessive bounce I’ve to be extra bouncy, extra upright, in lengthy bounce I get to dash out and push quite a bit more durable,” Harrison defined. “It is a very huge distinction between the 2. Technically, it isn’t very straightforward to do each.”