Fosbury flop
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named for Dick Fosbury, who brought the technique to light in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Noun[edit]
Fosbury flop (plural Fosbury flops)
- (athletics) A high jump in which the jumper leaps backward and arches the back over the bar, thereby lowering the jumper's center of gravity below the body while it is aloft.
Translations[edit]
high jump
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