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50 stunning Olympic moments No28: Dick50 stunning Olympic moments No28: Dick Fosbury introduces 'the flop'The Guardian (blog)Dick Fosbury's route into high jump was fairly straightforward: he liked sport, and wasn't any good at anything else. He hadn't got into the football team, and despite being one of the tallest kids in school had been no more successful at basketball.
Posted on 8 May 2012 | 8:00 am
Flyers ready to party with Marty - CherryFlyers ready to party with MartyCherry Hill Courier PostBrodeur is not as famous a flopper as Dick Fosbury, who popularized the Fosbury Flop in winning the 1968 Olympic gold medal in the high jump with his new technique of flopping over the bar backwards, but the Marty Flop is well known in the NHL.and more »
Posted on 6 May 2012 | 2:42 pm
High jump legend Dick Fosbury on theBBC SportHigh jump legend Dick Fosbury on the pressures of Olympic fameBBC SportBy Saj Chowdhury BBC Sport Dick Fosbury has few regrets about the fallout from Mexico 1968, but his tale gives any stars born at London 2012 some food for thought. Fosbury was an anomaly at the Olympics. His gold-medal winning performance in the high ...and more »
Posted on 26 April 2012 | 7:12 am
The Top 10 Performances In Summer OlympicsMidwest Sports FansThe Top 10 Performances In Summer Olympics HistoryMidwest Sports Fans1968, Mexico City: Dick Fosbury wins gold in the high jump with an unconventional technique that would become known as the “Fosbury Flop.” Nowadays, world-class high jumpers use the Fosbury Flop almost exclusively. Dick Fosbury "flops.and more »
Posted on 24 April 2012 | 6:53 pm
Olympic history: Mexico 1968 - Yahoo!Yahoo! Eurosport UK (blog)Olympic history: Mexico 1968Yahoo! Eurosport UK (blog)The men's high jump was remarkable not so much for gold medallist Dick Fosbury's Olympic record but for a technique, which became known as the Fosbury Flop, in which the American approached the bar backwards and leapt over head first.
Posted on 23 April 2012 | 3:20 pm

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