Today on YouTube: is it a bird, is it a plane He seemed to be doing everything right. The crowd were roused with a slow hand clap. He rocked on his heels. Then got up to full speed on the runway. After that, though, it got away from him. A painful landing and a shame-faced walk away from the sniggering of the crowd his only reward for his shot at innovation. When Dick Fosbury introduced a fresh way of approaching the high jump it brought him a gold medal and the legacy of a style of jump named after him. Our plucky long jumper, however, has found a different kind of fame.