Initially printed on Could 25, 2020. Particular because of one among my non secular leaders, Chris Turner.
In the present day, 25 Could 2020, is the eighty fifth anniversary of Jesse Owen’s wonderful 6 world records in 45 minutes. On that day, Jesse Owens equalled the World record for the 100 yards at 9.4w seconds. Subsequent, Jesse leaped 8.13m for the lengthy soar, a brand new world record. Then, Jesse Owens ran the 200m/220 yards in a world record of 20.3 seconds (this counted as 2 world records, 200m and 220 yards). He set his fifth and sixth world records of the day, all in forty-five minutes, within the 200m/220 yard hurdles, which he ran in 22.6.
The next year, in 1936, Jesse Owens made Olympic history along with his four Olympic gold medals in Berlin.
Within the following feature, posted immediately on the World Athletics web site, Chris Turner, Director of Athletics Heritage, tells us about this wonderful day.
Seb Coe with Jesse Owen’s gandson, Stuart Rankin, and Jesse Owen’s singlet from Ohio State
Jesse Owens is most famously remembered for his 4 gold medals on the 1936 Berlin Olympic Video games. Much less usually recalled, somewhat greater than a yr earlier than Owens’ Olympic triumphs, he set a collection of world information in a single afternoon which ‘Sports activities Illustrated’ described because the “Biggest 45 minutes ever in sports activities” historical past.
In the present day, 25 Could 2020, marks the eighty fifth anniversary of Jesse Owens’ setting 4 world information in 45 minutes in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The tally was in reality six world information, as two of the races he ran accrued him two world information apiece, the 200m/220yd (20.3s) and 200m hurdles/220yd hurdles (22.6).
Competing for Ohio State College and sporting a crimson cotton singlet with ‘OHIO’ emblazoned on the chest in massive white capitals, Owens’ document spree that afternoon additionally included him equalling the 100yd world document (9.4) and turning into the world’s first eight metres lengthy jumper in historical past along with his 8.13m leap.
To take pleasure in the whole piece, with the thrilling photographs, please go to: https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/jesse-owens-world-records-ann-arbor
