high jump in English

noun
1
an athletic event in which competitors jump over a bar that is raised until only one competitor can jump over it without dislodging it.
Coomber has competed at amateur level in both the high jump and long jump but never the pole vault.

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1. Other Egyptian sports included javelin throwing, high jump, and wrestling.

2. 7 Dick Fosbury had a new technique for doing the high jump.

3. 18 The German athlete is expected to break the record for the high jump.

4. Excellence at the high jump requires talent, hard work training, a good night's sleep and finally, respect for your teacher.

5. 1 Appearance 2 Abilities 2.1 Unique Mouth 2.2 High Jump 3 Deaths The Commenter appears to be the default youtube profile picture

6. 29 Over the course of those eight years, the quiet, sporty brunette, famous at school for her record-breaking high jump and tenacious character, earned the humiliating nickname of Waity Katie.

7. Firstly, the voting audience at home are all rampant Ageists: anyone over 25 is for the high-jump, even if it means ditching Wendi Peters, the sublime Cilla from Coronation Street.