"Fosbury flop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Fosbury flops [plural]
Etymology: Named for Dick Fosbury, who brought the technique to light in the 1968 Summer Olympics. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Fosbury flop (plural Fosbury flops)
  1. (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. Wikipedia link: Dick Fosbury, Fosbury flop Categories (topical): Athletics Translations (high jump): floppityyli (Finnish), fosbury [masculine] (Italian), 背面跳び (haimen-tobi) (alt: はいめんとび) (Japanese), фо́сбери-флоп (fósberi-flop) [masculine] (Russian)

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