How One Man Changed the High Jump Forever | The Olympics on the Record
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Published 2018-04-01
High jumper Dick Fosbury surprises the world and revolutionized the jump with his "Fosbury Flop" at the Olympic Games Mexico City 1968.
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All Comments (21)
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bruh he literally just joined the Olympics to try his new technique and never came back. What a LEGEND π
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The real "Trust me, I'm an engineer" example
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stays chill, does a bit of travelling, reimagines a sport for modern times, retires. What a king.
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Fosbury literally raised the bar
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To win a Gold Medal is one thing. To change the way the sport is done is even better!
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Comes to the Olympics just to try if can jump over that thing with his technique and never comes back...What a g lmao
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Someone: You couldn't Jump over a Chair Fosbury: "I will Jump Over History"
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he's like that one guy who's absent in all of the lectures but still topped the class ππ WHAT A LEGEND
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"He applied some mechanics." Proceeds to pan images showing electromagnetics, Einstein's equation, cosine angles. Man, that's a lot of stuff for just a high jump.
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He really raised the bar!
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I was 17 in 1968 when Fosbury did his Flop. It was a thing to behold. Remember, no one had ever seen such a beautiful thing like that before. It was artistic and truly beautiful. And the audience was mesmerized by everything Fosbury did. People just wanted to see it again and again. It was truly the most remarkable Track and Field event of the age.
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Narrator: 'He didn't like to practice, he was a loner β he missed the opening ceremony to drive out to see the pyramids, watching the sunset & sleeping in a van.' π I'm starting to believe he joined the Olympics cause he wanted a free getaway for the weekend π€
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I'm amazed how high these guys were jumping before the Fosbury flop!
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This guys experimented his technique in Olympic championship and then left π
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The last frames of the video with him smiling is a 10/10 ending.
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He misses the opening ceremony, drives out to see the pyramids, while watching the sunset and then sleeps in his van.... I like this guy. Using his chance to experience the real Mexico! I would have done the same cuz it sounds awesome!
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It's a good thing they didn't name the technique after his first name.
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One of the most influential track and field athletes of all time. RIP.
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As soon as I saw the title of the video, I knew it was about the 'Fosbury Flop'. I was a young teenager when I saw it. It was amazing to see at the time. Thanks for the memory. ππΏ
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He really had to be a unique individual to A) Come up with something this counter-intuitive B) Perfect it C) Go use it on the biggest stage in the face of convention. Amazing.
