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A sharp jolt and the well trained body flew up in the air. Elastic muscles contracting, releasing all the power that they were capable of. A jump executed with perfect technique, as a result of hard and persistent training.

The pole moves in slow motion, the athlete's back curves into an arc and floats over the bar. The pole falls slowly to one side. There is a pressure in the air.

Adrenaline is buzzing in the blood. Only one thought – just to win. To win is to survive. Overhead, there is a bird high up in the sky. Every beat of each wing is visible.

The athlete's body clears the bar, remembering the force of gravity, he begins to fall slowly down to the soft mat. There it is! A new World record!

When this thought flashed into the athlete's mind, everything began to move faster. He landed, immediately springing to his feet, he raised his arms above his head in a gesture of victory, clenching his fists in the air.

Thousands of enthusiastic screams exploded from the stands. Tears rolled down the athlete's face. They were tears of joy, tears of victory and the realization of a dream.

Next came the bright glare of cameras flashing. His ecstatic face, wet with tears, was on the front page of all the sports publications. Sensational! A World record! The new height had seemed previously unattainable to human beings, but he had managed to make it happen.

Since childhood, he had prepared himself to break the record. He had trained morning and evening. Endless kilometers of road trips with the team to all corners of the globe. How many years? He had done the impossible. Only the birds flew higher than him. Congratulations, interviews, his hand tired from signing autographs.

Finally, he was back home. Autumn forest, golden leaves, grass turning yellow… no sounds around. Only the sound of the wind between the trunks of the sleepy birch trees. The athlete looked at the gloomy autumn sky. A lonely bird left behind by its flock was flying south to warmer climes.