PARIS, France — The high jump, an event part of the track and field, competition, requires athletes to jump and clear a horizontal bar placed at a certain height without dislodging it. Athletes must ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Dick Fosbury, the 1968 Olympic gold medalist in the men's high jump who revolutionized the event with a novel technique that still bears his name, died Sunday in Salt Lake City after a ...

As a high schooler in Medford, Ore., Dick Fosbury revolutionized the high jump when he developed a new technique that quickly became known as "the Fosbury Flop." The technique worked so well that ...

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 of ...

Learn how to master the straddle jump to handstand with this step-by-step tutorial. Improve balance, strength, and handstand ...

Jurupa Valley's AB Hernandez won the high jump and triple jump at the CIF State track and field championships Saturday in Clovis. Jurupa Valley's AB Hernandez (second from the right) stands in the ...