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Tributes paid to high jumper Fosbury

Mar 14, 2023 09:43 By radiokerrypodcast
Tributes paid to high jumper Fosbury
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Tributes have been paid to high jump revolutionary Dick Fosbury, who has died at the age of 76.

In the mid-60s he pioneered the back-first technique, which has become the standard in the event.

Fosbury used it to win Olympic gold in Mexico City in 1968.

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