Boys' High Jump: Breyton Poole proves that size doesn't matter
At just 17 years old and 5-foot-7, South Africa's Breyton Poole is far from who most would consider as champion high-jumper material. But at World Youths, Poole proved his skeptics wrong as he took the overall title in 2.24 meters (7 feet, 4 inches), beating out second place by a full tenth of a meter. Poole has been jumping since the ripe age of 10 years old, and he's only continued to improve every year since then.
To quote Poole himself after the big win, "They thought I wouldn't be able to adapt to it because I was so short. I proved them wrong."