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Dick Fosbury, Who Revolutionized High Jump With ‘Fosbury Flop,’ Dead At 76

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Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his “Fosbury Flop,” has died. Fosbury died Sunday after a recurrence with lymphoma, according to his publicist, Ray Schulte. Before Fosbury, many high jumpers cleared their heights by running parallel to the bar, then using … Read more

Dick Fosbury: The athlete who developed the ‘Fosbury Flop’ dies aged 76

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The “Fosbury Flop” has been widely used in the high jump since Dick Fosbury used it Dick Fosbury – the man who revolutionised the high jump in athletics – has died at the age of 76. The American leapt backwards over the bar to win gold at the 1968 Mexico Olympics in a technique which … Read more