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Fosbury flop

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Noun1.Fosbury flop - jumping over the bar backwards and head first
high jump - the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar
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When high jumpers approach the bar at the Atlanta Olympics, almost all of them will go over the barrier backward, a modern version of the Fosbury Flop technique introduced by Dick Fosbury in the 1968 games.
OF COURSE, ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED : HOW MUCH IS FLOP WORTH TO ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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