fell to the mattress

1i01b00During the/his high jump (event)02b00, as John jumped over the bar, he lost his balance and fell to the mattress.02i02br
01i01b00As02b00 John jumped over the bar, he lost his balance and fell to the mattress.02i0-

0 I would have said 01i00onto02i00 or 01i00on02i00 the mattress.02br
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0Hi,02br
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00Here's a small additional comment on meaning. 02br
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00The sentence sounds odd to me, because01i00 02i00surely 01u01i00everyone02i02u00 who jumped over the bar fell to the mattress. And 01i01u00everyone 02u02i00who jumped probably lost thei

0 Clive, thanks for shaking some 01b00reality02b00into us050010id1

0Thanks. If odd in meaning, how do I correct it? 0-

0Hi,02br
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01i01font01b00During the/his high jump (event)02b00, as John jumped over the bar, he lost his balance and fell to the mattress.02font02i02br
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01font00If odd in meaning, how do I correct it?02font02br
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0Maybe it's the wrong event!02br
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00The highbar and balance beam are events where, if someone lost balance, a fall to the mattress could happen. 02br
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00(Ick, what an awful sentence)0-

0When one has jumped, he has no fulcrum which means no forces are acting upon him (considered in his reference frame) so his motion is governed only by the laws of inertia and he can't do anything except change his angular mass 05002br
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00 I think technically it'd be more correct to say the sportsman lost balance in the moment just before the jump. 010id5