It was so original that there are few parallels ... A statue at Oregon State depicts Mr. Fosbury in mid-flop. From 2007 to 2011, he was president of the World Olympians Association and held ...

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. He was 76. Fosbury died Sunday after a ...

The technique became known, of course, as the Fosbury Flop. Before the Olympics ... no one has a bigger reputation for doing original moves than American snowboarder Shaun White.

But in athletics, the "Fosbury flop" is unique and ended up conquering ... Translation of an original article published in French on lemonde.fr; the publisher may only be liable for the French ...

the Fosbury Flop. You name it, "Speed Play" is right up there. That’s "Fartlek" with a capital F, which is how Swedish national coach Gosta Holmer coined it when he pocketed the stopwatch and ...

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. He was 76. Fosbury died Sunday after a ...

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. He was 76.Fosbury died Sunday after a recurrence ...