high-jump
Fosbury flop event
High-jump is the track-and-field event in which athletes leap over a horizontal bar set at increasing heights.
Competitors approach the bar at a run and clear it without knocking it off its supports.
The athlete who clears the greatest height wins.
As a verb, to high-jump is to compete in this event: She high-jumped in college.
High jump pioneer
- flopComplete commercial failure
- scissorsPivoted twin-blade cutter
- straddleSit with legs spanning
- approachWay of handling something
runway · takeoff · arch · clearance · bar · landing · pit · mat
Come into contact
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
- qualifyingMeeting required criteria
- attemptsEfforts to accomplish
- foulOffensive or illegal
knockdown · miss · pass · personal best · record · referee · officials · measurement
Sudden springing movement
- springRecoiling metal spiral
- launchSet into motion
- verticalAt right angles groundward
- elevationHeight above reference point
momentum · trajectory · arc · thrust · propulsion · explosiveness · liftoff · airborne
Metal honor token
- goldElement seventy-nine
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- bronzeCopper-tin alloy
- TokyoJapan's capital city
Beijing · Paris · summer games · qualifying round · final · podium · national record · Olympic record
High jump pioneer
- world record holderOne with best-ever performance
- competitorOne striving against others
- decathleteTen-sport athlete
- heptathleteSeven-discipline athlete
Fosbury
High jump pioneer
approach · runway · takeoff · arch · clearance · bar · landing · pit · mat · J-curve
meet
Come into contact
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
- qualifyingMeeting required criteria
- attemptsEfforts to accomplish
foul · knockdown · miss · pass · personal best · record · referee · officials · measurement · standards
leap
Sudden springing movement
elevation · momentum · trajectory · arc · thrust · propulsion · explosiveness · liftoff · airborne
medal
Metal honor token
Tokyo · Beijing · Paris · summer games · qualifying round · final · podium · national record · Olympic record · world record
Fosbury
High jump pioneer
- world record holderOne with best-ever performance
- competitorOne striving against others
- decathleteTen-sport athlete
high-jumplong jump
Horizontal distance leap event
broad jump · triple jump · shot put · discus throw · javelin throw
high-jumpmarathon
Long-distance footrace
sprint · distance running · 100-meter dash · race walking · shot put
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