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Artistic Expressions 1’s 3,720 at Open Championships is simply Beamonesque
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 3:45 pm
The final scoreboard of the 3,720 fired by Artistic Expressions 1 at the USBC Open Championships on Monday. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
On Oct. 18, 1968, Bob Beamon stunned the world with a long jump of 29 feet, 2 1/2 inches at the Olympics in Mexico City.
When records typically were broken by inches, Beamon shattered the world record, surpassing not just 29 feet for the first time but 28 feet as well — the prior record was 27 feet, 4 3/4 inches.
Beamon’s record stood for nearly 23 years, until Mike Powell jumped 29 feet, 4 1/2 inches on Aug. 30, 1991 at Tokyo.
ESPN said in its SportsCentury series that...