From a village field in Haryana lined with sacks of husk to the top step of the podium at the Asian Athletics Championships, ...

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 ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — During the Olympics, you'll see athletes launch themselves over the high jump bar all using the same technique: the Fosbury Flop. But before it became the gold standard for ...

Other than that, there are no rules about jumping technique, but there is only one that you'll see at the Paris Olympics: The Fosbury Flop. In the early days of competition, jumpers used a variety ...

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.