{"id":1121746,"date":"2020-03-21T09:24:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T13:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1121746"},"modified":"2020-03-21T12:07:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T16:07:02","slug":"the-agony-of-defeat-vinko-bogataj-wiped-out-50-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/the-agony-of-defeat-vinko-bogataj-wiped-out-50-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"The Agony of Defeat: Vinko Bogataj wiped out 50 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Could\nyou imagine the worst moment of your career being put on display for all to see\non a weekly basis for decades? If so, then you can identify with Vinko Bogataj, immortalized by\nhis epic crash off a ski-jumping ramp that came to represent \u201cthe agony of\ndefeat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today is the 50th<\/sup>\nanniversary of the crash during a European competition that literally made him\nfamous by accident. The clip endured for decades as part of the opening for\neach week\u2019s \u201cWide World of Sports\u201d and lives on as a YouTube favorite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Wide World of Sports\u2019 was an ABC weekend TV staple <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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