BEIJING, Aug 25 (Reuters) - - Britain's Greg Rutherford completed a full-house of major titles on Tuesday when he added world gold to his Olympic, Commonwealth and European long jump crowns.
Rutherford had such a bad headache a few hours before the final that he feared he would be unable to compete. "By 2 o'clock this afternoon, I thought, 'Flipping heck, I'm not going to be able to jump, I feel so rough'," he told reporters. By the end of the evening, it was Rutherford's rivals whose heads were spinning.
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