Joe Sylvester lands 237-foot, 6-inch jump to claim new world record COLUMBUS ... this jump attempt was unique, calling for high speeds and enough height to clear a three-story building.

1956 Olympic high jump silver medallist Thelma Hopkins, who won Empire Games gold for Northern Ireland and also held the world record, has died at the age of 88. Hopkins lived in Canada for many ...

Even though it was only her second high jump event of the season, she felt in sufficiently good form to go for the world record set by the Soviet jumper Aleksandra Chudine in 1954. “When we ...

one of the largest youth track and field competitions in the world, where he won three gold medals and cleared 6 feet and 5 inches in the high jump — breaking a record for the 14-and-under age ...

Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh begins 2025 with a gold medal at the Udin Jump Development tournament, following ...

Thelma Hopkins set a new women's high jump world record in Belfast in May 1956 and won Olympic Games silver six months later in Melbourne 1956 Olympic high jump silver medallist Thelma Hopkins ...