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Unbelievable: Secondary School High Jump Fete Goes Viral Online

Unbelievable: Secondary School High Jump Fete Goes Viral Online

May 29, 2013

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A Youtube video featuring students at a high school track meet in Rift Valley, Kenya competing in High Jump has gone viral, with  700,000 views and 1,000 comments in less than a week.

The video was uploaded by a Michael Stewart and asks for well wishers to help build better facilities for the school athletes, who are seen in the video competing in high jump and landing on a bare and hard ground.

Throughout the entire history of the Olympic men’s high jump competition, not one single athlete from Kenya has ever finished on the podium.  That’s right.  From 1896 to 2012, 28 Olympic men’s high jump competitions have taken place, and not one single Kenyan has won a medal.  Not gold.  Not silver.  Not even bronze.

At the moment, you may not find that hard to believe, but you will after watching the video below, which comes to us from a high school track meet in Kenya.

I can’t help but think that one of these Kenyan high schoolers may be a solid candidate to break their country’s streak of futility in the Olympic high jump competition.

Check it out:

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