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HIGH JUMP [2 records]

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Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
CONT

[David Draney] high-jumped 7 feet, 1 inch; he long-jumped 24 feet, 6 inches; he scored 7,443 points in the decathlon.

OBS

As a verb, high-jump is written with or without a hyphen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
DEF

... a jump where the athlete attempts to clear a height without knocking off a cross-bar.

CONT

The men's high jump, also known as the running high jump to distinguish it from the standing high jump, was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme.

OBS

Clearance techniques: Eastern cut-off, Osborn roll, straddle, Western roll, Fosbury flop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
DEF

[...] saut où le sauteur s'efforce de passer par-dessus une barre transversale, sans la faire tomber.

CONT

[...] les épreuves d'athlétisme comportent quatre types de saut : le saut en hauteur avec élan, le saut en longueur avec élan, le triple saut en longueur avec élan et le saut à la perche.

OBS

Techniques de franchissement : rouleau costal, rouleau dorsal, rouleau ventral, rouleau californien, Fosbury Flop.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Atletismo
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