Fosbury flop
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English
Etymology
Named for Dick Fosbury, who brought the technique to light in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Noun
Fosbury flop (plural Fosbury flops)
- (athletics) A high jump in which the jumper leaps backward and arches the back over the bar, thereby lowering the jumper's center of gravity below the body while it is aloft.
Translations
high jump
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