He attempted to lower his center of gravity and stop his jump, but instead lost his balance completely. Midway down the ramp, Bogataj realized that the conditions had made the ramp too fast. A light snow had begun falling at the start of the event and by the time Bogataj was ready for his third jump, the snow had become quite heavy. Vinko Bogataj was competing as a Yugoslavian entrant at the Ski-jumping World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany on March 21, 1970. Despite the intensity of the crash, the ski jumper suffered only a mild concussion. The skier appeared in good form as he headed down the jump, but then, for no apparent reason, he tumbled head over heels off the side of the jump, bouncing off the supporting structure, and crashing through a light retaining fence near a crowd of stunned spectators before coming to a halt below. and the agony of defeat." The opening illustrated "the agony of defeat" with a painful ending to an attempted ski jump. For many years, the opening of the program opened like this: "Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport the thrill of victory. Some of you might remember the TV program "The Wide World of Sports".
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