Equipment: Jargon Guide: Disability: High jump shoes: Around the Academy: The high jump shoe has a much thicker sole. It gives maximum support and comfort for this physically demanding event. It will ...

Fosbury stunned the sports world with a backwards flop over the high jump bar at the Mexican Olympics in 1968. He won gold, and invented a new jumping style still used today.

Key Quote: “The high jump is a very fun, complex event. It takes not on physical strength but mental strength to be the best you can be.” The standards: what the bar rests on when the ...