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Fosbury at 1968 Olympic Trials

The Fosbury Flop: On analytics and strategic surprise

Posted by By AJ Uhlmann 2026-03-07Posted inAgainst the odds, Real-Life Stories
One of the limitations of sports analytics is that they easily capture what is measurable, but often exclude what is not. A scout vising Medford High School in early 1963 in search for the next high-jump prodigy would have understandably ignored the tall, clumsy underachiever who went by the name…
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