Jim McKay called Bogataj's accident 'A performance that, in time, would. If nothing else, I always enjoyed tuning in to the introduction to watch the agony of defeat guy wipe out at the end of the ski jump. Seems like they’d have a lot of downhill skiing, ski jumps, bob sleds, and various oddball stuff that caught my attention. Among the former jumpers coming is Vinko Bogataj, better known as the Agony of Defeat jumper whose tumbling and out-of-control crash for years was part of the opening footage to ABC’s Wide World of Sports. The faulty ski jump he had that day would be seen each week in the series' opening sequence. I remember watching the Wide World of Sports quite a bit. When Wide World of Sports first went on the air, a tag line was born. Slovenian ski jumper Vinko Bogataj is the athlete who personified 'The Agony of Defeat' by competing in the 1970 International Ski Flying Championship in Oberstdorf, West Germany. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information / Your California Privacy Rights are applicable to you. From the offbeat sports of aerobatics and ice barrel jumping to the birth of todays X-games, Wide World has witnessed it all. The faulty ski jump he had that day would be seen each week in the series’ opening sequence. ^ Back to Top ^ © 2023 ESPN Internet Ventures. Slovenian ski jumper Vinko Bogataj is the athlete who personified The Agony of Defeat by competing in the 1970 International Ski Flying Championship in Oberstdorf, West Germany. There, Vinko Bogataj, the former Yugoslavian skier, became a part of sports history and here’s the whole story of the man that put the agony in defeat.
With that in mind, we revisit the viral video that made an indelible mark on the sports world long before the era of social media - the frightful ski jumping crash from the opening montage of 'ABC's Wide World of Sports. Brent Musburger takes us to Oberstdorf, Germany and the 1970 ski jumping competition where this all got started.
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