MY SAY: 'Flopping' for the new year
Some 40 years ago, at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, a new record for the high jump was set — 2.24m or 7ft 4.25in. While the record now stands at 2.39m — held by Charles Austin since the 1996 Atlanta Games — it was no ordinary feat since it did stand the test of time. What was unique about it...
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| description | Some 40 years ago, at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, a new record for the high jump was set — 2.24m or
7ft 4.25in. While the record now stands at 2.39m — held by Charles Austin since the 1996 Atlanta Games — it
was no ordinary feat since it did stand the test of time.
What was unique about it was the way the record was set by one hitherto unknown Richard Fosbury, who
invented the now famous "Fosbury Flop" — a revolutionary style of jumping. But a flop it is not; rather, it took
the world of high jumping into another era of sportsmanship and achievement.
Long before the flop, high jumpers preferred the "straddle jump" — crossing the bar with the body horizontally
facing the ground. |
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| spelling | usm-328462017-04-06T00:25:25Z http://eprints.usm.my/32846/ MY SAY: 'Flopping' for the new year Abd Razak, Dzulkifli GV1100-1150.9 Fighting sports: Bullfighting, boxing, fencing, etc Some 40 years ago, at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, a new record for the high jump was set — 2.24m or 7ft 4.25in. While the record now stands at 2.39m — held by Charles Austin since the 1996 Atlanta Games — it was no ordinary feat since it did stand the test of time. What was unique about it was the way the record was set by one hitherto unknown Richard Fosbury, who invented the now famous "Fosbury Flop" — a revolutionary style of jumping. But a flop it is not; rather, it took the world of high jumping into another era of sportsmanship and achievement. Long before the flop, high jumpers preferred the "straddle jump" — crossing the bar with the body horizontally facing the ground. 2008-12-29 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/32846/1/DZUL182.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2008) MY SAY: 'Flopping' for the new year. The Edge. |
| spellingShingle | GV1100-1150.9 Fighting sports: Bullfighting, boxing, fencing, etc Abd Razak, Dzulkifli MY SAY: 'Flopping' for the new year |
| title | MY SAY: 'Flopping' for the new year |
| title_full | MY SAY: 'Flopping' for the new year |
| title_fullStr | MY SAY: 'Flopping' for the new year |
| title_full_unstemmed | MY SAY: 'Flopping' for the new year |
| title_short | MY SAY: 'Flopping' for the new year |
| title_sort | my say: 'flopping' for the new year |
| topic | GV1100-1150.9 Fighting sports: Bullfighting, boxing, fencing, etc |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/32846/ http://eprints.usm.my/32846/1/DZUL182.pdf |