Template:Did you know nominations/Lin Yu-tang (long jumper)
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The result was: promoted by Launchballer talk 23:57, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
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Lin Yu-tang (long jumper)
- ... that long jumper Lin Yu-tang's secret is bringing two pairs of track spikes to competitions, so he can switch shoes between jumps?
- Source: In "Asian Athletics Championships gold in 4th jump: Lin Yutang reveals the secret is to replace old shoes (translated), ""'In fact, my spiked shoes broke after the second jump, and I replaced them with the old spiked shoes, which made me jump with such a good result'. Lin Yutang said in an interview with the Central News Agency: 'I am accustomed to bring two pairs of spiked shoes to prepare for the battle [...]'"
- ALT1: ... that Taiwanese long jumper Lin Yu-tang qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics by switching out his broken track shoes between attempts?
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- Comment: Open to any hook change ideas, thanks.
Created by Habst (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Habst (talk) 19:56, 4 May 2024 (UTC).
Interesting hook. The hook itself is cited in the article and the article does not have any copyright issues. Good to go. Toadboy123 (talk) 08:52, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
