Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D.

33. When interviewed about his development of the Fosbury Flop, Dick Fosbury
A always insisted that he had carefully designed it on scientific principles
B said he wanted to develop a technique by an injury he suffered while making a jump
C claimed it was inspired by an injury he suffered while making a jump
D stated that it had been done gradually without any overall pain

34. Fosbury achieved a sudden improvement in the height he could jump when he
A started to adapt the scissors technique
B became much more determined to win competitions
C decided to abandon the scissors technique
D found a new way of using the belly roll style

35. When describing the way that Fosbury’s jump evolved, Richard Hoffer stressed that
A Fosbury’s height slowed down his progress
B the process was more controlled that it appeared
C Forbury was not really aware of his own technique
D the process included specialist input from engineers

36. Fosbury defended his idea that his style of jumping was natural by pointing out that
A it was achievable by younger jumpers
B it was copied successfully by other athletes
C it was achievable without any special training
D it was independently discovered by other athletes

Complete the summary below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage.

How the Fosbury Flop got its name

When first interviewed, Fosbury called his jumping style a (37) ………………… but he realised that this had not made an impression on the (38) ………………. .In his next interview, he used a name taken from the description given to a newspaper photo – and this was the name that everyone noted. He says the name was appropriate because his town is near a (39) ………………….. and a (40) …………… does a similar type of flopping movement when brought to land.