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 ...

Bloomfield's Ethan Rowe clears 6-11¾ in the high jump to win the New Balance Nationals Outdoor title.

ELLINGTON – Jenna Luoma landed on her back on the high jump mat at the Class M indoor track championships last Saturday and in the stands, her mother held her breath. She had seen the high jump bar ...

SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — When Charles Austin walks into his gym, he can see a piece of equipment that changed his life 28 years ago. The high jump bar from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics sits below a ...

The high jump often presents competitors with an abundance of down time. Two rivals fill it in very different ways. Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine climbs into a sleeping bag between ...

Three months ago, Wichita Trinity's Jesse Eklund had never tried high jump. Now the basketball standout is a Kansas state champion.

If we’re talking about how high Noah Lyles can jump off the ground, by measuring how high his feet get in the air, that’s roughly 6 feet. The picture posted above by Track & Field Gazette on X from ...

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 ...

HAVANA, July 25 (Reuters) - Records are made to broken, world high jump king and international idol Javier Sotomayor said, smiling behind dark glasses as the fierce Caribbean sun beat down on Havana's ...