Everyone Laughed At His Technique… 🤯🥇
At the 1968 Olympics, high jumper Dick Fosbury introduced a revolutionary technique that involved going over the bar backwards. Many coaches, reporters, and competitors dismissed the idea as strange and ineffective.
Instead, Fosbury won Olympic gold and forever changed the sport. Today, nearly every elite high jumper uses the technique that became known as the Fosbury Flop.
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