{"id":761,"date":"2012-08-14T02:46:44","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T08:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubune.com\/blog\/?p=761"},"modified":"2012-08-09T00:50:33","modified_gmt":"2012-08-09T06:50:33","slug":"infamous-drunk-high-jumper-wins-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ubune.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/14\/infamous-drunk-high-jumper-wins-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Infamous ‘drunk’ high jumper wins gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ivan Ukhov has won the Olympic men’s high jump title.<\/p>\n

The Russian made headlines back in 2008 when a video was posted on YouTube showing him competing in Switzerland while drunk. He received a “strong warning” from the IAAF for his behaviour.<\/p>\n

Ukhov jumped 2.38 metres, the second-best in the world this year. America’s Erik Kynard took silver with a jump of 2.33m, with the bronze medal shared three ways between Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar, Derek Drouin of Canada and Great Britain’s Robbie Grabarz.<\/p>\n

The long-haired Ukhov last month cleared 2.39m to win the Russian championships, the highest jump in 2012.<\/p>\n

His previous major victories have all come indoors, at the 2010 world indoor championships as well as at the 2009 and 2011 European indoors.<\/p>\n

Kynard, a student at Kansas State University, jumped 2.34m to win the NCAA (American collegiate) championships and then qualified for London 2012 at the US Olympic trials.<\/p>\n

Beijing 2008 gold medallist Andrey Silnov and 2011 world champion Jesse Williams of the United States both failed at 2.29m.<\/p>\n

Robert Grabarz became Britain’s first European high jump champion since 1950 when he won in Helsinki earlier this season.<\/p>\n

Photo: Getty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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