Fosburyn.
/ˈfɒzb(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈfɑzbəri/, /ˈfɑzˌbɛri/ Fosbury flop n. a method of high jumping popularized by Fosbury, in which the athlete leaps head-first and facing outwards, attempting to clear the bar under his or her back.
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Fosbury flop1968
1968 Listener 24 Oct. 560/2 It is very seldom that a new technique makes such an impact as did the high-jumping of Dick Fosbury in winning the Olympic title. With his incredible ‘Fosbury Flop’ he has invented a technique for clearing the bar which seems to be more efficient than all others.
1973 Times 2 Feb. 11/7 It was at Cosford just over a year ago that Miss Peters first experimented with the Fosbury style of high jumping in which the athlete crosses the bar on her back.
1984 Washington Post 1 Aug. d5/2 Hu Hongfei..did not know of the Fosbury Flop jumping style..until three years after Dick Fosbury used it to win a gold medal in Mexico City in 1968.
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Fosbury-flop v.
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Fosbury-flop1972
1972 Sunday Tel. 30 Apr. 35/5 In the junior..high jump Alan Dainton Fosbury-flopped over 6 ft. 2 in.
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