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TIL while Dick Fosbury was creating the Fosbury Flop, which became the standard high jump style after his 1968 Olympic gold, Debbie Brill was developing the same technique, calling it the Brill Bend. Neither knew of each other's innovation until they competed at the same junior competition.

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