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A few weeks ago marked the 30th anniversary of perhaps the greatest track and field duel of all day. On Friday, August 30, 1991, American athletes Carl Lewis and Mike Powell competed in the long jump concluding at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Lewis was the prohibitive favorite for the title. A six-time Olympic gold medalist (he would eventually win a total of nine), Lewis had already established his standing as one of the greatest athletes of all time. He was less than a week removed from winning his third world title in the 100 meters, with his time of 9.86 seconds marking a new world document. In the drawn-out jump, Lewis arrived in Tokyo unbeaten in sixty-five competitions, a remarkable streak stretching back to the early 1980s. Powell was also in good build, having won thirteen of the fourteen long jump competitions he had entered that year – although the dude he had lost to at the American championships was the man that many commentators had already crowned world champion.

With his first leap, Lewis provided a reminder of his athletic dominance. His mark wa