SAINT-DENIS, France — Since he was a kid growing up in Abbeville, Miss., Shelby McEwen always loved to jump. “Jumping off trampolines, jumping off hay, flipping all the time,” McEwen said. His love of ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Katelyn Hutchison covers all things track and field. PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 10: Gold medalist Hamish Kerr of Team New Zealand ...
Paris Olympics: Inside Shelby McEwen's decision to go to jump-off rather than sharing high jump gold
SAINT-DENIS, France — At the end of Saturday’s epic two-plus-hour men’s high jump competition, the two competitors who were tied for first place faced a life-altering decision. Did they want to share ...
The men’s high jump at the Olympics came down to sudden death. After New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr and American Shelby McEwen each cleared 2.36 meters, the two athletes went to a jump-off for gold, ...
Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi, Tokyo Olympic gold medalist, qualifies for world meet finals in Oregon. Photo by Chris Stone “Citius, altius, fortius,” says the Olympic motto. Faster. Higher. Stronger. But ...
Dick Fosbury, a unique high jumper best known for dramatically altering the style of his sport, has died at age 76. Fosbury revolutionized the high jump by flying over the bar backwards, a style that ...
JuVaughn Harrison is set to make history at Tokyo 2020, becoming the first American man since Jim Thorpe in 1912 to compete in both the high jump and the long jump. Harrison should be a contender in ...
TOKYO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers, twice an Olympic silver medallist, won the women’s world high jump gold on Sunday, but only after a nervous wait during a long rain suspension ...
Key Quote: “The high jump is a very fun, complex event. It takes not on physical strength but mental strength to be the best you can be.” The standards: what the bar rests on when the competitors jump ...
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