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      Dick Fosbury dead at 76: Athletics legend and Olympic gold medallist who revolutionised the high jump passes away

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      ATHLETICS legend Dick Fosbury has passed away aged 76.Fosbury revolutionised high jumping as he became the first athlete to jump backwards, with the technique still being used today and known globally as the ‘Fosbury flop’.
      Dick Fosbury revolutionised the high jumpCredit: Getty
      Tributes have poured in for track & field Hall of Famer FosburyCredit: AFP
      His ‘Fosbury flop’ technique won him Olympic gold in 1968Credit: AFP
      The jumping style gave him a huge advantage over his rivals at the 1968 Olympics, where he won gold with a jump of 2.24 metres.
      Four years later at the Munich Olympics 28 of the 40 competitors used the ‘Fosbury flop’, which is synonymous with the event to this day.
      Previously high jumpers had used a scissor kick technique, but Fosbury’s innovation transformed the sport.
      Fosbury was inducted into the American Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1981.
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      Tributes have poured in for the American after he passed away on Sunday following a battle with lymphoma.
      Former sprinter Michael Johnson said: “The world legend is probably used too often. Dick Fosbury was a true LEGEND!
      “He changed an entire event forever with a technique that looked crazy at the time but the result made it the standard.”
      British sprinter Adam Gemilli wrote: “R.I.P Dick Fosbury. Athletics has lost a true legend.
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      “An absolute gentleman who gave me nothing but time when I met him in my younger years. You will be missed by so many. My condolences to his family and those who knew him personally. Gone but never forgotten 🕊️”
      Former World 200m champion Ato Bolden tweeted: “R.I.P. 1968 Olympic gold medalist and high jump legend/pioneer Dick Fosbury, who passed away on Sunday.
      “Condolences to his family and friends. Godspeed, Fos, from an eternally grateful sport.” More

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      Meet Yana Egorian, the world’s sexiest fencer labelled ‘hottest Olympian EVER’ after bombarding fans with bikini pics

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      YANA EGORIAN is a fencing sensation and has been labelled the “hottest Olympian ever”.The Russian star has gone viral both for her immense sporting talent and her jaw-dropping online pictures.
      The glamorous star has become popular for her fencing skills – and her brilliant photosCredit: Instagram @egorianiana
      Yana Egorian has collected a load of medals in her long career in sabre fencingCredit: Instagram @egorianiana
      Egorian was once labelled ‘the hottest Olympian ever’Credit: Instagram @egorianiana
      She will currently be preparing for Paris 2024 where she will look to replicate her medal success from the 2016 Olympics.
      Egorian won gold for both the individual women’s fencing event and the team contest.
      The 29-year-old followed this up with more success at the 2021 Olympics as she beat longtime rivals Sofya Velikaya and Olga Kharlan to the gold.
      The 29-year-old competes in sabre fencing, one of three disciplines of the sport alongside epee and foil.
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      She has enjoyed a highly successful career in her field.
      Along with her Olympic triumphs, Egorian has also clocked up accolades in World and European Championships.
      It’s been quite the journey to the top for the star, born in Georgia in 1993.
      Her family moved to Russia when she was a six-year-old and it ended up being the country she would go on to represent on the international stage.
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      The 29-year-old has enjoyed success at both of the last two OlympicsCredit: Instagram @egorianiana
      Egorian became popular on social media among fans for her Instagram snapsCredit: Instagram @egorianiana
      Along with being an incredible sporting success, fans have also been blown away by her bikini pictures.
      She was once dubbed “the hottest Olympian ever” for her racy snaps which got fans hot under the collar.
      Egorian can be seen showing off her stunning figure in several photos while she is pool side or by the beach.
      She went viral back in 2016 after her Olympics success saw Russian media share her glamorous photos.
      Egorian went viral after the 2016 Olympics for her stunning snapsCredit: Instagram @egorianiana
      Since her first European Championship win in 2013, the fencer has gone from strength to strengthCredit: Instagram @egorianiana
      The star will be looking forward to Paris 2024Credit: Instagram @egorianiana
      Egorian moved to Russia aged 6 and went on to represent the countryCredit: Instagram @egorianiana More

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      British coach and ex-Corrie star BANNED for three years after admitting to fat-shaming and mocking disabled people

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      A BRITISH Athletics coach has been banned for three years after admitting to misconduct charges including fat-shaming and mocking disabled people.Fuzz Caan, who has appeared in Coronation Street, was originally suspended by UK Athletics in June 2021.
      Fuzz Caan has received a three-year ban for misconduct
      The British coach has admitted to the charges against him
      It came after the organisation received a letter of complaint “signed by several individuals in the high jump community”.
      The decision meant he was unable to coach his athletes – including Morgan Lake and Emily Borthwick – at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
      An investigation was then carried out by UK Athletics and 12 charges were subsequently levelled at Caan.
      They included claims he “repeatedly swore and shouted” at an athlete “for a period of several minutes”.
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      He was also said to have labelled an athlete a “f***ing idiot”, a para-athlete “fat and slow”, and a doctor a “f***wit”.
      Another startling allegation was that he “made fun of disabled people by doing an impression where he walked with a limp, held his arm bent and made noises whilst sticking his tongue out”.
      Caan, who helped Robbie Grabarz win a silver medal at the 2012 London Games, was also accused of calling his athletes by highly inappropriate names.
      They included “bad foot Gay” and “limp foot Christie”.
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      Caan, who started working as a consultant at the Saudi Olympic Training Centre last year, was due to appear at a UK Athletics hearing into the charges this week.
      But a decision has now been reached without a hearing due to his admission of guilt.
      UK Athletics confirmed Caan’s coaching license will be suspended for three years – a period backdated from June 2021. More

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      Mo Farah came SECOND in a school dads’ running race – to a man wearing jeans, reveals Olympic hero’s wife Tania

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      OLYMPICS hero Sir Mo Farah has revealed he came second in a  school dads’ running race — to a man wearing jeans.The four-time gold medal winner was beaten by a fellow parent in a 100 metres sprint.
      Olympics hero Sir Mo Farah has revealed he came second in a  school dads’ running race — to a man wearing jeans (how the race might have looked)
      Sir Mo Farah has admitted he ‘can’t sprint’Credit: PA
      Mo, 39, lost out even though he was wearing his trusty spiked running shoes.
      Team GB’s greatest ever long-distance athlete has admitted he “can’t sprint”.
      Sir Mo has four childen with wife Tania and a home in  South West London.
      Tania told the Performance People podcast: “Mo took part in the parents’ race at sports day and came second, and the guy that won it was wearing jeans.
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      “The dad that won dined out on it for an entire school year.
      “Mo’s not a sprinter, that’s what it is, the parents’ race is always 100 metres.
      “People just assume Mo can run fast, but his running fast is sustained running over many laps.”
      He added: “I was like ‘oh no,’ and I had my spikes on, I thought ‘I’m ready for this.’
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      “He was tagging me as well saying ‘have some of that.’ I can’t sprint.”
      Sir Mo won gold in both the 5,000 and 10,000 metres at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games. More

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      Sprinter, 22, rushed to hospital in neck brace after sickening fall leaves him lying motionless on track in scary scenes

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      AN UNFORTUNATE hurdler was rushed to hospital in a neck brace after suffering a sickening fall during a race. Enrique Llopis, a medal hopeful in the Men’s 60m Hurdles final at the European Indoor Championships, was left motionless on the ground after his fall.
      Enrique Llopis falls on the final hurdle in the Mens 60m Hurdles FinalCredit: Getty
      Llopis crashed and hit his head on the floorCredit: Getty
      And was left motionless following the incidentCredit: Getty
      Medical staff rushed to treat himCredit: Getty
      Before he later went to hospitalCredit: Getty
      Switzerland is coming through with some Sprinters here at #Istanbul2023.Jason Joseph looking strong over the final 3 hurdles with a 7.41 clocking.Prayers up for Enrique Llopis. That fall looked severe. pic.twitter.com/3Mn7cKxmvf— Unconventional Voices of Track & Field (@VoicesofTnF) March 5, 2023

      The 22-year-old Spaniard fell on the final hurdle before crashing to the ground and whacking his head on the floor.
      Medical staff rushed to attend to the motionless Llopis, who was then shielded by a white tent.
      After several minutes of treatment, he was then carried off on a stretcher to applause from the Atakoy Arena crowd after a doctor gave a thumbs-up.
      The Spanish confederation confirmed Llopis was transported to hospital but was conscious.
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      Late last night the federation posted an update.
      And thankfully it was good news, with them posting a tweet thanking everyone for their support with a video of Llopis speaking from a hospital bed.
      Llopis had won his semi-final for the event earlier in the day.
      His heart-wrenching fall came on the same day Brit Keely Hodgkinson won the Women’s 800m event.
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      Hodgkinson could not improve on her own 800m record set last month, but nevertheless came away with gold from the event – dedicating her achievement to her late coach.
      The 21-year-old said: “I haven’t had time to process it but my old coach, Joe Galvin, passed away a few days ago. Really unexpected.
      “This one is definitely for him. He had a lot of belief in a 10-year-old me. That medal is for him.
      “I hope I have made him really proud. His wife Margaret, I know she will be proud of me as well.
      “I wanted to make the others in the race work for it. I’m really happy to defend my title.
      “I want to keep building on this, performing and bringing back medals. I’m living the dream.” More

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      Keely Hodgkinson breaks down in tears as she dedicates European 800m indoor crown to coach who died just days ago

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      KEELY HODGKINSON broke down in tears as she dedicated her second European 800m indoor crown to her late coach.And long jumper Jazmin Sawyers made it a golden evening for Great Britain on the final day of the continental championships in Istanbul.
      Keely Hodgkinson won the 800mCredit: AP
      She dedicated the win to her coach, who recently passed awayCredit: Sportsfile
      Hodgkinson, who turned 21 last Friday, produced an exhibition run as she won gold in 1:58.66 – the only woman in the field to run under two minutes.
      Post-race, the Leigh star let all the emotion out as she explained the private turmoil behind the scenes.
      She said: “I haven’t had time to process it but my old coach, Joe Galvin, passed away a few days ago. Really unexpected.
      “This one is definitely for him. He had a lot of belief in a 10-year-old me. That medal is for him.
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      “I hope I have made him really proud. His wife Margaret, I know she will be proud of me as well.
      “I wanted to make the others in the race work for it. I’m really happy to defend my title.
      “I want to keep building on this, performing and bringing back medals. I’m living the dream.”
      Team captain Sawyers, 28, was overjoyed as she clinched the women’s long jump with a British record leap of 7m.
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      This is the first title of her career and she said: “This feels like it has been a long time coming. I have never won anything before. I’m in shock.
      “I felt like the seven-metre jump had been in me. I have been waiting for this forever. But you start to think: Will it come? But I’m so delighted it has happened.”
      Britain finished third in the medal table – with three golds and six medals in total – behind leaders Norway and second place Holland.
      Meanwhile, flying Scotswoman Eilish McColgan has been California Dreaming after setting a British 10,000m record.
      Ahead of an appearance at next month’s London Marathon, the Dundee star ran 30 minutes and 00.86 seconds in the US in her first track race of the year.
      The performance at the Sound Running Ten event in San Juan Capistrano surpassed Paula Radcliffe’s time of 30:01.09 set in Munich in August 2002.
      McColgan, 32, who has been training at altitude in Colorado, raced with a black strapping on her left knee.
      The Commonwealth 10,000m champion said: “I’m absolutely buzzing.
      “Two years ago I ran a big PB here so it’s nice to be back with the crowds.
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      “I knew I was in really good shape but to have it all come together on the day doesn’t always happen.”
      Brit Emile Cairess broke the European 10-mile record with a display of 45:57 at an event in Barrowford, Lancashire. This overtook Richard Nerurkar’s long-standing mark of 46:02 set in 1993.
      Jazmin Sawyers also won goldCredit: Getty More

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      Who holds the long jump world record?

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      THE long jump has featured at every Olympic Games since 1896.The event is contested by both men and women, but who hold the world records?
      Mike Powell jumped to a world record of 8.95 metres in 1991Credit: Hulton Archive – Getty
      Who holds the world record for the longest long jump?
      The world record for men’s long jump is 8.95 metres, set by Mike Powell in the 1991 world athletics championships in Tokyo, Japan.
      The American finally overtook the mark set by Bob Beamon after 23 years.
      However US athlete Beamon is still the Olympic record holder, leaping 8.90 metres on his way to winning the gold medal in 1968 in Mexico.
      The world record for women’s long jump is 7.52 metres, set by Slovakia athlete Galina Chistyakova in Saint Petersburg (then called Leningrad) in 1988.
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      Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee is the Olympic record holder for the women’s long jump, with a jump of 7.40 metres that saw her win the gold medal at Seoul 1988.
      Who is Mike Powell?
      Mike Powell is an American athlete who has held the long jump world record since 1991.
      He was born on November 10, 1963, and is married to Canadian 400-metre hurdler Rosey Edeh.
      Despite holding the world record and winning two world championship gold medals, Powell never became Olympic champion, having to settle for a silver medal in 1988 and 1992.
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      Who is Galina Chistyakova?
      Galina Chistyakova is a former long jumper who represented the Soviet Union and later Slovakia.
      She holds the world record for women in the event, jumping 7.52 metres on June 11, 1988.
      Despite holding the record for long jump, Chistyakova fell short in her attempts to become Olympic champion, with her best finish resulting in a bronze medal in Seoul 1988, the same year she set the record.
      What is Usain Bolt’s long jump?
      Despite announcing intentions to compete in this event before his retirement from athletics in 2017, Usain Bolt has never set a recorded jump.
      He was filmed having a go at the long jump during a meet in Ostrava in 2017, but his distance wasn’t recorded.
      Powell was quoted in 2017 as saying that Bolt “could have long jumped nine metres had he trained for it” due to his pace and strength over a short distance. More

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      Meet Yuliia Levchenko, the stunning high jumper who loves to travel and sets fan’s pulses racing with bikini beach snaps

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      MEET Yuliia Levchenko, the stunning high jumper aiming for gold at the 2024 Olympics. Levchenko, 25, is an athlete with a serious travel bug and loves sharing it with her growing Instagram fanbase.
      Yuliia Levchenko loves to share her training and travel with her fansCredit: https://www.instagram.com/levchenkou/?hl=en
      She has a serious travel bugCredit: https://www.instagram.com/levchenkou/?hl=en
      With a particular affinity for the beachCredit: https://www.instagram.com/levchenkou/?hl=en
      Levchenko has been compared to a supermodel by fansCredit: https://www.instagram.com/levchenkou/?hl=en
      She has 404,000 followers on InstagramCredit: https://www.instagram.com/levchenkou/?hl=en
      She often shares her experiences while training as she jets around the globe for her 404,000 Instagram followers.
      Tenerife, Turkey, Italy and France are just some of the places she has visited recently.
      And if there are any beaches on her travels, you can expect to see Levchenko lapping up the sun in a bikini.
      But it is not all fun and games, with a serious training regime to stick to as she aims for gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic games.
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      It will be her third time representing Ukraine, having made her debut in 2016 before an impressive eighth-place finish in 2020.
      Levchenko knows the taste of victory, having been the Under 23 European champion on two occasions and the two-time champion for her nation.
      2023 has started well too, scoring a gold medal in the National Indoor Championships with a jump of 1.96 metres – though this is some way short of her personal best of 2.02m scored in 2019.
      She also knows what it is like to be pipped at the end, having won silver at the World Championships in 2017 and at the European Indoor Championships in 2019.
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      Fans love the variety of content, with many posting messages of encouragement and praising her looks across a number of posts.
      One fan said: “She’s gorgeous… natural beauty, athletic and a champ.🔥🙌🏾”
      A second user wrote: “Terrific! Love how spirited you are. More strength to you, Yuliya!”
      A third declared: “She is what a supermodel should look like.”
      “How pretty are you wtf!!❤️,” commented another.
      Her aim in Paris will undoubtedly be to score a medal for her country as war continues to ravage it.
      Levchenko has posted a number of times about the conflict between her nation and Russia.
      A recent post saw her outside of a ruined apartment building and post a photo of a minefield warning sign.
      While a post from March 1 last year saw her plead: “I just want to live in my country Ukraine! Without Russian soldiers and Putin.”

      She is aiming for a medal for Ukraine in the 2024 Olympic gamesCredit: https://www.instagram.com/levchenkou/?hl=en More