CORVALLIS, Ore. — During the Olympics, you'll see athletes launch themselves over the high jump bar all using the same technique: the Fosbury Flop. But before it became the gold standard for high ...

Dick Fosbury's high jump gold medal from the 1968 Mexico City Olympics — which he won with the revolutionary Fosbury Flop — sold at auction for $158,600. The medal was one of a few Fosbury items ...

Dick Fosbury used his innovative flop technique to win the gold medal at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. (Associated Press) High jumper Dick Fosbury went down in track and field history for his ...

Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his "Fosbury Flop," has died. He was 76. Fosbury died Sunday after a recurrence ...

48 year ago today - October 20, 1968 - Dick Fosbury revolutionised the High Jump forever with what is still known as the "Fosbury Flop". But can you imagine what if the "Fosbury Flop" happened today?

Olympic gold medalist Dick Fosbury, creator of the universal high jump technique the "Fosbury Flop," will light the torch during the opening ceremonies of the 30th Annual Big Sky State Games at Daylis ...

Fosbury stunned the sports world with a backwards flop over the high jump bar at the Mexican Olympics in 1968. He won gold, and invented a new... High jumper Dick Fosbury, who revolutionized the sport ...