Fosbury Flop
The Fosbury Flop is a style used in the athletics event of high jump. It was popularized and perfected by American athlete Dick Fosbury, whose gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics brought it to the world's attention. Over the next few years the flop became the dominant style of the event and remains so today. Before Fosbury, most elite jumpers used the straddle technique, Western Roll, Eastern cut-off or even scissors jump to clear the bar. Given that landing surfaces had previously been sandpits or low piles of matting, high jumpers of earlier years had to land on their feet or at least land carefully to prevent injury. With the advent of deep foam matting high jumpers were able to be more adventurous in their landing styles and hence experiment with styles of jumping.
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Fosbury Flop
The Fosbury Flop is a style used in the athletics event of high jump. It was popularized and perfected by American athlete Dick Fosbury, whose gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics brought it to the world's attention. Over the next few years the flop became the dominant style of the event and remains so today. Before Fosbury, most elite jumpers used the straddle technique, Western Roll, Eastern cut-off or even scissors jump to clear the bar. Given that landing surfaces had previously been sandpits or low piles of matting, high jumpers of earlier years had to land on their feet or at least land carefully to prevent injury. With the advent of deep foam matting high jumpers were able to be more adventurous in their landing styles and hence experiment with styles of jumping.
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De fosburyflop (of kortweg flo ...... rkelijk onder de lat doorgaat.
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Le Fosbury-flop ou rouleau dor ...... r les athlètes en compétition.
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Lo stile Fosbury, o sempliceme ...... ena rivolta verso l'asticella.
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The Fosbury Flop is a style us ...... uting to the upwards momentum.
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Фосбери-флоп (англ. fosbury fl ...... да до 2 метров 45 сантиметров.
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背面跳び(はいめんとび)は、陸上競技の走高跳における跳躍法の一種である。
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De fosburyflop (of kortweg flo ...... het nadenken over de aanloop.
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Le Fosbury-flop ou rouleau dor ...... r les athlètes en compétition.
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Lo stile Fosbury, o sempliceme ...... ena rivolta verso l'asticella.
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The Fosbury Flop is a style us ...... riment with styles of jumping.
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Фосбери-флоп (англ. fosbury fl ...... планки на расстоянии до 20 см.
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背面跳び(はいめんとび)は、陸上競技の走高跳における跳躍法の一種である。
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Fosbury Flop
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Fosbury-flop
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Fosburyflop
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Stile Fosbury
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Фосбери-флоп
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背面跳び
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