High Jump

Jyothi Yarraji who won the Asian 100m hurdles gold in Bangkok. | Photo Credit: AFI on Twitter When Jyothi Yarraji first tried the sprint hurdles seven years ago, shortly after joining the…

GRAHAM DUNBAR Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh has said since the start of the war that all…

GRAHAM DUNBAR Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh has said since the start of the war that all…

NEW DELHI: High jumper Tejaswin Shankar dished out a brilliant performance to win a silver medal in decathlon at the Jim Click Shootout competition in Arizona, USA.Tejaswin, who won the high…

By Associated Press Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his “Fosbury Flop,” has died.…

Olympic high jump champion Dick Fosbury, who revolutionised the event with a radically different jumping technique that was eventually named after him, died on Sunday aged 76, his agent Ray…

EDDIE PELLS Associated Press Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who completely revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal…

BOSTON: Indian high jumper Tejaswin Shankarovercame a strong challenge from former world champion and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Donald Thomas of the Bahamas to win the top position…

Her mother Bobby Aloysius is a former Asian high jump champion and an Olympian but when Gangotri Skariah tried the event a couple of years ago, she was very worried. “I wouldn’t even jump…

NEW DELHI: Tejaswin Shankarhad a "roller-coaster" ride over the last month, and the only thing he is immediately looking forward to after winning a historic Commonwealth Games (CWG) medal…