DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — World Athletics’ experimental change to the long jump made its debut at the ISTAF indoor meet on Sunday when two-time world champion Malaika Mihambo won under the new rule.
World Athletics has ditched a reform to the long jump that would have replaced the traditional board behind which jumps must be made. The concept of a new long jump 'takeoff zone' whereby the distance ...
Carl Lewis, the world’s greatest-ever long jumper, has dismissed plans to trial changes in the event as an ‘April Fools joke’. World Athletics is considering the most radical overhaul of the long jump ...