{"id":1652,"date":"2013-05-30T12:46:20","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T16:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2013-05-30T12:50:24","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T16:50:24","slug":"kenyan-high-jumpers-become-worldwide-sensations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-athletics-news-3\/kenyan-high-jumpers-become-worldwide-sensations\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan High jumpers become worldwide sensations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The youtube footage of a secondary school athletics competition featuring two Kenyan high jumpers became a global sensation.<\/p>\n<p>The video features the two finalists each clearing a height of over six feet. The winner finally won with a leap of 6 feet and two inches. In the footage you can see him leap well above the two student attendants. The athletes were bare-feet and with no landing mattress<\/p>\n<p>The video was featured on several TV stations in the US and the UK including ESPN Sports enter which is the premier sports news program in the USA.<\/p>\n<p>The video was widely discussed on various message boards. 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