Spanovic has the third-best long jump indoors, a leap of 7.24 meters at Belgrade in 2017. ... The leadoff man was hit by a pitch three times in a 8-4 win over the New York Mets, ...

Kelsey Daniel became the first Texas Longhorn to win the men's long jump on the opening day of the Division I men's and women's indoor track and field championships, jumping a program record 8.16 ...

Miltiadis Tentoglou threatened to quit the long jump shortly after winning the world indoor title, saying he would change events if the sport implements a rule change intended to eliminate foul jumps.

JuVaughn Harrison, 22, won the high jump and long jump at the U.S. Olympic trials. No U.S. man has competed in both at the Olympics since 1912.

On the men’s side, the long jump record has stood for nearly as long. During a famous duel between Carl Lewis and Mike Powell at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Powell leapt 29 feet 4 3/8 ...

When Marquis Dendy made the impulse decision to wear his bucket hat for a practice session last year, little did he know that he would become an unlikely ambassador for the retro headgear.

In the long jump event involving a traditional wooden take-off board, athletes start by running down a runway, launch themselves in the air from the board, and aim to cover the maximum distance ...

Also notice that the feet start off behind everything else (the rest of the body) but end up in the front. The long jump is measured based on your feet location, so this is a good thing to do.

Long jump set for revolutionary rule change – but Olympic legend Carl Lewis disagrees. The plan is part of a wider push by World Athletics to modernise the sport and boost dwindling audiences.

The track stars won’t be the only athletes shining when events begin at Tokyo’s National Stadium on July 30. Some of the world’s best athletes in the long jump will put their talents on ...