Too drunk to jump: Sporting types who didn't have a leg to stand on

It is fair to say that the Russian high jumper Ivan Ukhov is feeling on top of the world as he prepares to compete in the grand prix meeting at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham today.

It was very different when the 22-year-old Muscovite took part in the Athletissima Grand Prix event in the Swiss town of Lausanne on 2 September last year.

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Source: independent.co.uk