Start: Starting blocks are used for all hurdle, relay and sprint events. The starting blocks consist of two adjustable footplates attached to a rigid frame. Olympic hurdle and sprint races commence ...

Alex Harvill, a very experienced motorcross racer, stuntman and Guinness Record holder, has died after a crash during a practice jump for another world record distance jump. He was 28 and, as his ...

Rockstar Energy athlete Colby Raha added another chapter to the thrilling tales of derring-do on August 2, 2025, when he jumped a stock Harley-Davidson V12, weighing 550 pounds, 205 feet at the ...

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Harvill, 28, was planning to jump 351 feet on his motorcycle. Daredevil motorcycle rider Alex Harvill died in a crash Thursday while practicing for a record jump. Harvill, 28, was practicing at the ...

A team of engineers from the University of Illinois has published the first known study documenting the long-jumping motion of 3D-printed insect-scale robots. “To my knowledge, this is the first time ...