Dick Fosbury: 'True legend' Olympic champion dies aged 76

Olympic champion Dick Fosbury, who revolutionised the high jump with the "Fosbury Flop", has died at the age of 76.

Fosbury, who won gold at the Mexico Olympics in 1968, developed a technique involving going backwards over the bar instead of forwards, which is now used by almost all high jumpers.

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