Fosbury flop
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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