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Drunk Olympic champ flopped -- literally -- at '08 meet

8/8/2012

Sad but true -- winning Olympic gold hasn't allowed high jumper Ivan Ukhov to live down his most Internet-orious moment: a drunken appearance at a meet in Switzerland four years ago. Old video of that competition just resurfaced, and it spiked immediately, showing the Russian comically flopping underneath the bar (after apparently stumbling out of one). His manager claimed that Ukhov "had a fight with his girlfriend and was also upset at failing to qualify for the Olympics," and the national coach called him a disgrace. But surely all is forgiven now, and we're assuming Ukhov had a staggeringly good gold-medal celebration. [Source]

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