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· In 1968, Tommie Smith pulled an adductor in his groin in the 200-meter semifinals. Two hours later, he won the gold medal and set a world record of 19.83 seconds. That prefaced the demonstration by himself and John Carlos during the medal ceremony.

· In 1984, Joan Benoit underwent arthroscopic surgery on her knee seventeen days before the US marathon trials. She won, then became the first women’s marathon gold medalist.

Drouin always trained as if he were competing in the decathlon. Contrary to the if-it’s-not-broke-don’t-fix-it maxim, he broke down his technique to fix it. His approach to the bar became faster, creating high risk for high jumps.

In April 2017, he jumped 7–5¾—a world record for a decathlon—en route to a score of 7,150 points. He also owns the high jump record, 7–6½, for an indoor heptathlon. An Achilles injury knocked him out of the 2017 World Championships, and he missed the 2018 and 2019 seasons because of a spinal injury causing pain in his neck.

If he could return to form, he would have a chance to be the second three-time high jump medalist ever. The only one is Sweden’s Patrik Sjoberg, who won silvers in 1984 and 1992 and bronze in 1988.