high jump
noun
a field event in which athletes, using a running start, compete in jumping for height over a crossbar supported by two upright poles.
high jumping
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a word derived from
high jump.
Example Sentences
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Dick Fosbury, a gangly civil engineering student who shocked his peers, delighted sports fans and started a revolution in competitive high jumping with his backward leaps, died Sunday.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
“There was no high jumping, but I found the possibility to run,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022
Much as Dick Fosbury’s flop changed high jumping, Hausleber’s new style would transform racewalking — and Mexico’s place in it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2021
The “Fosbury Flop” is now the dominant technique in high jumping.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 6, 2020
The truth was, the steward's young son had been practicing high jumping, bareback, in a circus costume of pink calico shirt and trousers, topped by his tow-colored hair.
From Russian Rambles by Isabel Florence Hapgood
