Vince Carter said he could never replicate his incredible dunk over a 7-foot-2 opponent

Vince Carter
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Friday marked the 15th anniversary of basketball's most incredible slam dunk. During the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Vince Carter famously scored by somehow jumping right over France's Frédéric Weis, who is 7 feet 2 inches tall.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.