Long jumping goes back at least as far as ancient Greece. The current world record for greatest distance on a long jump, set by Mike Powell at the 1991 World Championships, stands at 8.95 meters.

The long jump is not, as is often said, “a sprint with a high jump at the end”. The take-off angle for the long jump compared with the high jump is very shallow, circa 22-24 degrees.

This year's UK U20 No.1 at high jump, long jump, shot and heptathlon takes us through her top five high jump drills Morgan Lake tops the UK under-20 rankings for the high jump, long jump and shot ...

I love jumping, and so if I don’t jump for a week I am really happy to jump again, because I think I am in such good shape, I want to jump, and I want to show what I have achieved in training. Twelve ...

“I’m going to keep training, obviously not as hard, but I’m going to keep thinking about what I did here and hopefully go from there,” she said. Region IV Track and Field Championships ...

Kadiri is a standout in the long jump and triple jump, where she holds numerous national records —and seven national titles—in both indoor and outdoor track. The 2022 National Outdoor and 2023 ...

It marked the 22nd time an American man had won the Olympic long jump in the 28 times it had been contested. Henderson joined a group that included Jesse Owens, Bob Beamon and Carl Lewis. “I remember ...

Training in the long jump keeps Bolt where he belongs, on the track. But how would he do in a new event? No less an authority than world record holder Mike Powell thinks Bolt could jump nine meters.