TED-ED: An athlete uses physics to shatter world records - Asaf Bar-Yosef

Dick Fosbury revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury Flop, a technique where the jumper clears the bar with their back facing it. This method, which Fosbury used to win a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics, leverages the physics of the center of mass. By bending backward, the jumper's center of mass remains below the bar, allowing them to clear higher heights with the same force. This innovative approach has since become the standard in high jumping.

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