Legends of
Athletics -
Willie Banks
Ahead of
this year's
Stockholm
Diamond
League,
former world
triple jump
record
holder Willie
Banks tells
SPIKES how,
with the
help of some
drunken
fans, he
unwittingly
invented the
slow,
rhythmic
hand clap in
Stockholm
some 33
years ago.
"After
setting an
American
record of
17.56m in
1981, I went
to Europe to
compete and
my manager
set up some
meets for
me. He said
to me 'I
have some
good news
and bad
news'. I got
you a
competition
in Lausanne
in the long
jump. I said
'that's the
good news?
I'm a triple
jumper'.
Be sure to watch
the video at the
end of the
video.
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