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 ...

'Fosbury Flop': How an Oregon athlete revolutionized Olympic high jumping with his technique During the Paris Olympics, you'll see athletes launch themselves over the high jump bar using the same ...

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 ...