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Bending over backwards
Bending over backwards

Bending over backwards

Date8/18/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bending over backwards: Debbie Pegg of the London-Western Track Club clears the high jump bar during yesterday's Ontario track and field championship at Etobicoke Centennial Stadium. Meet was highlighted by Paul William' Canadian record in the men's 3;000-meter steeplechase. The 23-year-old Toronto runner lowered mark to 8:35.8
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0098725F
Rising to the challenge. Carolyn Chanler of Governor Simcoe in St. Catharines bends over backwards to get a medal. Here, she gets at least half of her(...)
Rising to the challenge. Carolyn Chanler of Governor Simcoe in St. Catharines bends over backwards to get a medal. Here, she gets at least half of her(...)
6/5/1992
Debbie Bill of Haney, B.C., hopes to win Olympic high jump title in 1972 at Munich. She demonstrates her style of going over bar backwards. Debbie's b(...)
Debbie Bill of Haney, B.C., hopes to win Olympic high jump title in 1972 at Munich. She demonstrates her style of going over bar backwards. Debbie's b(...)
2/9/1971
Bending over backwards
Bending over backwards
7/25/1976
Up and over. Bridgette Bittner of Elliot Lake shows fine form in backward leap over high jump bar at qualifying meet Saturday for The Star Maple Leaf (...)
Up and over. Bridgette Bittner of Elliot Lake shows fine form in backward leap over high jump bar at qualifying meet Saturday for The Star Maple Leaf (...)
2/1/1976
Louise Hanna of University of Toronto track club leans backward over high jump bar during Saturday's Ontario Track and Field Association all-comers' m(...)
Louise Hanna of University of Toronto track club leans backward over high jump bar during Saturday's Ontario Track and Field Association all-comers' m(...)
5/12/1974
Nice hat: Jay Candy Maldonado, left, comments on Robbie Alomar's backwards hat as Joe Carter joins them in a break at workout
Nice hat: Jay Candy Maldonado, left, comments on Robbie Alomar's backwards hat as Joe Carter joins them in a break at workout
10/10/1991
Up and over: American Dan O'Brien soars over the pole vault bar on his way to winning the heptathlon competition
Up and over: American Dan O'Brien soars over the pole vault bar on his way to winning the heptathlon competition
3/10/1993
Up, up and over. Meghan Chandler curis her body like a comma, arches, grimaces - and clears the bar at the Central Regional track finals held in Oshaw(...)
Up, up and over. Meghan Chandler curis her body like a comma, arches, grimaces - and clears the bar at the Central Regional track finals held in Oshaw(...)
5/28/1992
Up but not over yet
Up but not over yet
4/12/1991
Denis Firth of Regina starts over the bar during high jump in Saturday's Centennial track meet at East York Stadium
Denis Firth of Regina starts over the bar during high jump in Saturday's Centennial track meet at East York Stadium
7/6/1967
Over easy. U.S. Olympic team member Doug Nordquist tied for third with Canada's Milt Ottey at 2.22 metres at Canada Day High Jump Competition at Nathan Phillips Square
Over easy. U.S. Olympic team member Doug Nordquist tied for third with Canada's Milt Ottey at 2.22 metres at Canada Day High Jump Competition at Nathan Phillips Square
7/2/1984
Hefting a pineapple, defecting shot-putter Stefania Chwedoruk of Polish team in this month's Olympaid for Physically Disabled says she can't get over (...)
Hefting a pineapple, defecting shot-putter Stefania Chwedoruk of Polish team in this month's Olympaid for Physically Disabled says she can't get over (...)
8/27/1976