 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, W. Germany. The faulty ski jump  he had that day would be seen each week in the series opening  sequence. Jim McKay called Bogatajs accident "A performance that,  in time, would mean he would appear more often on Wide World of  Sports than anyone else."