Getting High: Physics Of The Fosbury Flop

The world record for high jump ? the event in which a person hurdles himself over a horizontal bar ? is just over 8 feet. That's like leaping over a stop sign, and clearing it by a foot. Jesus Dapena, of Indiana University, has studied the high jump for 30 years, filming athletes to understand exactly how they produce the force required to clear the bar.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/07/20/157113396/getting-high-physics-of-the-fosbury-flop?ft=1&f=1007

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