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The silver Olympic medallists who still won over Australian hearts – Daily Telegraph
Who could forget the moment the country fell in love with a pizza-eating, pack-a-day-smoking long jumper whose real name was Jai Taurima, but was thereafter affectionately known as Jumping Jai?
Who could forget the moment the country fell in love with a pizza-eating, pack-a-day-smoking long jumper whose real name was Jai Taurima, but was thereafter affectionately known as Jumping Jai?
With sunglasses, a necklace and long wavy hair, he set an Oceania record by producing a PB of 8.49m to win a surprise silver medal at the Games and became a household name.
He first came on our radar with a silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games but his heroics in Sydney made sure he would be reme…
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