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 ...

When Dick Fosbury won the 1968 Olympic gold medal in the high jump, he did so by jumping all wrong. Instead of slicing his legs through the air to get over the crossbar without knocking it over, he ...

Javier Sotomayor explains why his 2.45m high jump world record still stands after 32 years, his technique, injuries, mindset ...

A ski jumper flashes a V. Photo courtesy of Flickr user tpower1978. Hard to believe, but it’s been almost 50 years since a 21-year-old college student named Dick Fosbury created a sensation at the ...

Mutaz Barshim withdrew before the World Track and Field Championships due to a foot injury, missing the chance to compete in the Tokyo stadium where he memorably shared Olympic high jump gold in 2021.