# @gettysport on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BH2TxXZgGTM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13261075-gettysport-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/ecb26609ad.jpg
- **Posted:** 2016-07-14T16:27:45.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images Sport (@GettySport) — https://gondola.cc/GettySport

## Caption

Beijing, 2008: “For every victory there has to be a defeat.” #50Days50Moments
“I took this shot of Moldova's Victor Covalenco during the 2008 Summer #Olympics in #Beijing. A handful of us were allowed to go up to the roof of the #BirdsNest stadium, which gave us some great angles to shoot all the action. I’ve covered the #Decathalon at previous Summer Games, so I had an idea of where to position myself. While decathletes are good at all their events, they’re not always great in every event. In this case, it was the #LongJump final, and I was sure there’d be an interesting landing or two. That’s why I scouted out the roof for the position I wanted.
But that was an ordeal in itself. To get there, I was strapped to a climber’s harness and all my equipment had to be strapped around my neck – imagine a camera lens falling on someone from that height and you soon understand why! Experience helps for sure, and putting yourself in the right place at the right time can help you make your own luck. Once I’d gotten in place, it was perfect. I just had to wait. 
And then it happened; Victor had a nasty landing. He’d put so much work and training in for this one moment, so when it went wrong I felt incredibly bad for him. You could feel his disappointment. But it’s also the reason the picture works so well; it captures the #emotion of the moment and makes you look at it twice." — albello55 #GettySport #Rio2016 #RoadtoRio
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longjump, decathalon, birdsnest, roadtorio, rio2016, beijing, gettysport, emotion, 50days50moments, olympics

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