Straddle technique straight, and head and trunk pass the bar at the same time. Charles Dumas, the first high jumper to clear 7 ft, and John Thomas (silver medal at the 1964 Olympics) used this technique. Valeriy Brumel (gold in 1964) dove a little bit, his head going over the bar before his trunk. Probably the most extreme exponent of the dive straddle was Bob Avant, who cleared 7 ft. in 1961. Avant's technique was close to a pure dive, with just a small knee lift on his lead leg. The last world record jump with the straddle technique was Vladimir Yashchenko's
India at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics the final of the long jump event. India at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics India competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea. A team of 8 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. Tintu Luka reached the semifinal of the 800m race in which she came 6th and could not qualify for the final but she managed to clock her season's best timing and qualified for the 2012 London olympics. Vikas Gowda managed to hurl the discus to 64.05m giving him 7th place in the