Long Jump

Long Jump

16th Aug 22
Briton misses out on a medal in controversial fashion while Tentoglou breaks record to clinch gold, decathlete Kaul brings the house down and Perkovic lands sixth title
22nd Jun 22
British long jump record holder retires from the sport after winning four major medals in career 
28th Apr 22
Nine-time Olympic and eight-time world champion Carl Lewis sparks debate on social media 
29th Mar 22
Leading performances at the end of March in the United States see impressive wind-assisted results from long jumper Jacob Fincham-Dukes and sprinter Toby Makoyawo
21st Mar 22
Horizontal jumpers and armchair athletes criticised the new technology used to judge take-off fouls at the World Indoors in Belgrade but have they overstepped the mark?
2nd Mar 22
Malaika Mihambo had not won a major title until she became European champion in 2018. It paved the way for world and Olympic titles and the German is planning to shine on home soil again this year
14th Feb 22
The 1964 Olympic long jump champion looks back on the golden moment in Tokyo when she took top spot with a world record leap of 6.76m, then landed pentathlon silver and 4x100m bronze
20th Jan 22
Former 100m sprinter makes history after bobsleigh selection for the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing  
29th Dec 21
Peter Matthews and his team of statisticians analyse the best male athletes of the year in high jump, pole vault, long jump and triple jump
14th Nov 21
London 2012 high jump medals are reallocated after the DQ of Russian Ivan Ukhov, while Greg Rutherford finds success in a new sport and a sprinting centenarian goes viral online
25th Oct 21
Long jump legend is joined by Paul Nihill, Cherry Alexander, Tony Jarrett, Sheila Sherwood, Lloyd Cowan, Verona Elder and Jason Gardener as 2021 inductees
10th Jul 21
Long jumper on making her first Olympic Games after retiring from the sport, the importance of her Christian faith and channelling pain into resilience 
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