Carl Lewis
He settled to Houston,
accepting the invite of Tom Tellez, who was among the most famous trainers, and frequents a
course of telecommunications at university. At Dallas, in the same day, he wins 100 m
stopping chronometers on 10"00, the best time at sea level of ever, and then wins 200 m
(20"73) and long jump (8,25)! Then he becomes the national champion at Sacramento in 100
m (beating Sanford and Floyd) and long jump, where with the measure of 8,62 m sets the new
the universitary record. Towards the end of the season at Zurich he still has the energies to
jump 8,52 m against an opposite wind of 2,2 m/s. Then at Rome, after winning long jump he
loses the 100 m thanks to an injury. This was a particular defeat for Carl as trainers told him
he couldn't practice sprint and jumping at the same time. So he should have renounced to
follow the footprints of Jesse Owens. Carl is stubborn and in 1982 improves in the long jump
(8,76 m) and becomes more constant in 100 m
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