High Jump

Olympical Musings

or, *In Which Yoyo Sets Up and Hypothetically Conducts an Impossible Study On Olympic Events* by yoyo Events include but are not limited to: long jump, high jump, discus, shotput, individual sprints (all distances), individual...

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Germany honours Jewish athlete banned from 1936 Olympics by Nazis

High jumper Gretel Bergmann had jump expunged from record books and was barred from Berlin games Germany today honoured a high jumper expelled from the national team by the Nazis a month before the 1936 Berlin Olympics because...

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Leap of faith

Jefferson’s Lizzy Ziemski decides she will take her many talents to Edinboro KARL PEARSON Star Beacon When heading into the unknown, one is often warned to look before they leap. It took a pretty high degree of looking before...

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Hackney happily part of history

Published November 21, 2009 CLUTE — Bob Hackney’s long wait is over. The Clute resident, who was a standout athlete at Southwest Texas State from 1947-48, will be inducted into the Texas State University Letterman’s Hall of...

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Track Eyes Heps Repeat

Coming off a dominant 2008-09 season, the men’s track and field team will look to repeat its victory in the Indoor Heptagonal Championship. The Red is coming off its seventh consecutive Ivy League Heps Outdoor Championship last...

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Cheering sports on

The Indian International School is an exception — it has made sport as much a serious part of the curriculum as it has academics Nuturing young talent Krishna feels that the IIS will produce many sporting champions for the...

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Nikhil, Subhashini set shot put records

WARANGAL: Nikhil Neethin and K. Subhashini looked unlikely winners, let alone new record-holders. Built more like sprinters — minus the flab and weight common to throwers, the duo erased the boys’ and girls’ under-14 years ...

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China's Zheng Xingjuan takes Asian title in women's high jump

GUANGZHOU, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's Zheng Xingjuan took the title Saturday in women's high jump at the 18th Asian athletics championships. Zheng leapt to victory with a 1.93m jump, very close to her personal and seasonal...

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High jumper Wijesekara wins Sri Lanka first gold at Asian championships

GUANGZHOU, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Manjula Kumara Wijesekara brought home Sri Lanka's first gold in men's high jump event Friday at Asian championships. Wijesekara chose the opening height of 2.10m and then cleared the following...

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60-member Indian squad for Asian Athletics

The Indian women's 4x400m relay team, which won the gold in Amman, is expected to win something even this time with the last edition runners Mandeep Kaur, Manjeet Kaur, Sini Jose and K Chitra Soman in the squad for the 18th...

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