Shane Snow

Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh executes the Fosbury flop – an unorthodox jumping style made popular by Dick Fosbury's Olympic win – on her way to winning gold at the recent World Athletics Championships in Hungary.
THE BROAD VIEW

Rising above boundaries: The transformative role of lateral thinking

IN 1968, a good, but not exceptional, athlete won the high jump gold medal at the Olympics. The man, Dick Fosbury, leapt higher than every other competitor at the Mexico City Games. And he did it by j...