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Watching it. >> i was competing in the 1981 national sports festival. >> 21-year-old brian makes the finals. his first vault goes without a hitch. >> for my second vault -- and you can see i actually look down, i'm always at 65 feet, 7 inches. that's you start from. when you run for the vault, you want to be at the end of the board. you always check the spring boards. it's almost like a ritual thing you do. i always had my board 1 1/2 feet away from where the horse is. you want it to be exactly the same every time. same number of steps. everything happens the same so you get the same results. ...

Watching it. >> i was competing in the 1981 national sports festival. >> 21-year-old brian makes the finals. his first vault goes without a hitch. >> for my second vault -- and you can see i actually look down, i'm always at 65 feet, 7 inches. that's where i start from. when you run for the vault, you want to be at the end of the board. you always check the spring boards. it's almost like a ritual thing you do. i always had my board 1 1/2 feet away from where the horse is. you want it to be exactly the same every time. same number of steps. everything happens the same so you get the same resul...

A shot like that. >> i tell you, he's hurt. he is hurt. >> ooh, it's one of those videos that makes you wince every time you see it. but you can't stop watching it. >> i was competing in the 1981 national sports festival. >> 21-year-old brian makes the finals. his first vault goes without a hitch. >> for my second vault, and you can see, i actually look down and i'm always 65 feet, 7 inches. that's you start from. when you run for the vault, you want to be at the end of the board. you always check the spring boards. i always had my board, 1 1/2 of my feet away from where the horse is. you want...

>> ooh, it's one of those videos that makes you wince every time you see it. but you can't stop watching it. >> i was competing in the 1981 national sports festival. >> 21-year-old brian makes the finals. his first vault goes without a hitch. >> for my second vault, and you can see, i actually look down and i'm always 65 feet, 7 inches. that's you start from. when you run for the vault, you want to be at the end of the board. you always check the spring boards. i always had my board, 1 1/2 of my feet away from where the horse is. you want it to be exactly the same every time. same number of st...

That's you start from. when you run for the vault, you want to be at the end of the board. you always check the spring boards. i always had my board, 1 1/2 of my feet away from where the horse is. you want it to be exactly the same every time. same number of steps. everything happens the same so you get the same results. now, unfortunately in my case things went just a little bit further and i got a different result. >> oh, good heavens! >> i probably ran faster than i ever ran in my life. each step probably just went a little bit further. my left foot was fine. if you look at my right foot ov...