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PARIS, France — The high jump, an event part of the track and field, competition, requires athletes to jump and clear a horizontal bar placed at a certain height without dislodging it.

Debbie Brill never jumped like the other kids. When it came time to try high jump, most of her classmates used a technique called the straddle, which all the world’s best high jumpers used at ...

Banks — who in 1985 set a world record in the triple jump — says high jump was his first love. ... Using the straddle. He eventually was tutored by Culp’s coach — Tom Shields.