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Stamps depicting the High Jump:
Roll 2
Click on any stamp to see its enlargement.
4. The regulation that the high jumper's head must not lead the
rest of the body over the bar, while preventing diving, led to
complex rules and
constant disputes about whether a leap was a legal clearance.
Officials finally removed the restrictions against
leading with the head, but retained the rule that a jumper must
leave the ground from one foot. This rule change, plus the relacement
of the traditional sawdust pit with safe, modern, foam-filled pads,
opened the door to new, more radical jumping techniques
over the next twenty years. [Next]
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