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The high jump is always a tension-filled, tactical event. But 14 years ago in Rome it was about as close as it is possible to get.
After a gripping battle watched by an awestruck crowd, there was impasse.
The first three men - Sweden's Patrik Sjoberg, Igor Paklin of the Soviet Union and his compatriot Gennadiy Avdeyenko - had all cleared 2.38m. You couldn't separate them by the width of a vest.
So it went to count-back - and Sjoberg, the chain-smoking, mullet-wearing Scandinavian playboy, was crowned world champion.
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Sjoberg jumps for joy after jumping for gold
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