Dick Fosbury flops his way to Olympic victory - October 20th, 1968 - a podcast by iHeartRadio & HowStuffWorks

On this day in 1968, Dick Fosbury used a revolutionary high jump technique to win a gold medal at the Mexico City Olympic Games. 

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