You always find heptathletes that are good high jumpers can pop out 200 points ahead of everyone else.

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If you curl into a U shape at the top of your leap, as high jumpers and pole vaulters do, you will be able to clear a bar while your center of gravity passes underneath it.

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Relying entirely on jumpers, Anthony tied his career high with 50 points and the Knicks won their ninth straight game, topping the injury-depleted Miami Heat 102-90 on Wednesday night.

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He torched defenders who gave him too much space, logging a career-high effective field-goal rate (51.3%) on jumpers, according to Synergy Sports.

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Lauterbrunnen, with its high cliff faces, is one of the world's most popular areas for expert base jumpers.

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They are joined in the discussion by skydivers and BASE jumpers like Baumgartner, Jeb Corliss and Miles Daisher who routinely leap off of extremely high, extremely low and extremely dangerous places.

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In the long jump , a contest of high quality is expected, with Australian duo Fabrice Lapierre and Chris Noffke among the top-five ranked jumpers in the world this year.

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