Pooja, who once trained on sacks of husk in her village, wasn't fazed by torn shoes. She soared to a gold medal in the high jump at the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea.

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 ...

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.