Tuariki Delamere

10/04/2025 27 min Episodio 30

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Episode Synopsis

For today's sporting history we're going back to 1974. A fleeting moment - less than 11 seconds - when track & field bumped into gymnastics.

A splash of magic happened and a boy from Papakura came inches away from revolutionising the long jump. That boy was Tuariki Delamere. And that magic... The Delamere flip.

A short lived - and quickly banned - long jump technique. It involved doing a summersault mid jump.
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