XXXXXXX began his Olympic career at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He was not considered the favorite but he felt a rush during the competition and he unleashed a throw of 184'11" (56.36 meters) -- at the time, a career best. The throw was good enough to win the competition by more than 5'.
It appeare XXXXXXXX career would be over at the age of 20, however. In 1957, an automobile accident nearly killed him. He did recover in time to compete at the 1960 Summer Olympics at Rome. XXXXXXX was the slight favorite over teammate and world record holder Rink Babka.
Babka was in the lead for the first four of the six rounds. He gave XXXXXXX advice before his fifth throw and XXXXXXX threw his discus 194'2" (59.18 m), setting an Olympic record. Babka was not able to beat XXXXXX throw and finished with the silver.
During the early 1960s, XXXXXX continued to have success. He set his first world record in 1962. In the process, he was the first to break 200 feet in the discus. He was considered a heavy favorite to win a third gold medal at Tokyo in 1964.
Injury seemed to have felled XXXXXXX before the Games. He was bothered by a neck injury then he tore cartilage in his ribs shortly before the competition. Competing in great pain,XXXXXX set a new Olympic standard and won a third Olympic gold medal despite not being able to take his last throw due to the pain from his ribs. As before, he bettered his own record with a throw of 61.00 meters.
XXXXXX returned to the Olympics in 1968 at Mexico City but he had yielded the position of favorite to teammate Jay Silvester. Many felt that XXXXXXXX, at 32, was finished since XXXXXXX had never thrown as far as Silvester did on his average throws.
This was the Olympics, however. XXXXXXXX released another Olympic record throw of 64.78 meters on first throw. His record held and he became the first track and field athlete to win four consecutive gold medals.
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