OSAKA — Mankind has always had a desire to soar to new heights. The U.S. astronauts' historic 1969 trip to the moon is the prime example.
Bahama's Donald Thomas attempts a jump in the final of the men's high jump on Wednesday evening at
Osaka's Nagai Stadium. Thomas won with a personal best-equaling jump of 2.35 meters.
AP PHOTOIn sports the best illustration is this: the victorious jumper, a person who sprints, twists his body, catapults himself backward over a horizontal bar and lands on his back. Think of it as reverse limbo contest — but multiply the difficulty factor by 10.