Long jump

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 display during the Tokyo Olympics. But who are the athletes to watch in each event? Here is everything you need to know about the men’s and women’s long jump events in Tokyo: How can I watch the Olympic long jump competitions in Tokyo? Below is the streaming schedule for Olympic long jump competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Get Philly local news, weather forecasts, sports and entertainment stories to your inbox. The men’s long jump qualifying round will begin on the morning of Saturday, July 31. The women’s long jump qualifying round will follow later that night. The men’s final round will be held the following day on Sunday, Aug. 1 and the women’s final round will conclude the competition the day after on Monday, Aug. 2. • U.S. men’s qualifying: Saturday, July 31, 6:10 a.m. ET ( • U.S. women’s qualifying: Saturday, July 31, 8:50 p.m. ET ( • Men’s final: Monday, Aug. 1, 9:20 p.m. ET ( • Women’s final: Aug. 2, 9:50 p.m. ET ( Aug 7, 2021 How does the Olympic long jump competition work? The long jump event will feature a qualifying round and final for both men and women. All athletes will be required to meet the qualifying standard set by World Athletics to earn a spot in the final. Athletes are divided into two groups (A and B) and given three attempts to meet the qualifying standard with...

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AUSTIN – No. 1 Arkansas scored 21 points on the first day of the NCAA Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium and the bulk of points were scored from a fantastic 1-2 finish in the long jump by Carey McLeod and Wayne Pinnock. With six of 21 finals contested on the first day, the Razorbacks lead team scoring with 21 points and are followed by Stanford and Arizona with 18 each. The top five also currently includes LSU (15) and Harvard (13). The only other 1-2 finish by teammates in the history of the men’s long jump at the NCAA Division Outdoor meet was in 2017 by the Florida pair of KeAndre Bates and Grant Holloway. The previous best finish for the Razorbacks was first and third in 1984 by Mike Conley and Mike Davis. McLeod, who claimed the 2023 NCAA Indoor title on his sixth and last jump, produced a winning mark of 27-1.25 (8.26) in the opening round as he equaled the facility record set by Steffin McCarter of Texas in 2021. Pinnock, the defending champion, followed with a 26-9 (8.15) for silver. Kentucky’s Jordan Turner challenged Pinnock with a 26-8.25 (8.13) effort for bronze. McLeod is the sixth Razorback to win a NCAA Outdoor long jump and he claimed Arkansas’ 10 title as Pinnock collected the program’s sixth silver medal. The pair of All-America honors brings the Razorbacks total to 31 in the event. It’s the first NCAA Outdoor long jump title for Arkansas since Jarrion Lawson in 2016. With 18 points in the long jump, three more were scored by a seventh place for Jorda...

Track and Pit The sport of long jump features a track runway measuring 40 meters in length. Attached to the end of the runway is a sandpit that the athletes jump into. The sandpit varies in length and is usually three meters wide. Placed on the runway a few meters from the sandpit is the takeoff board, or foul line. The takeoff board must be 20 centimeters in length and clearly marked on the runway so the athletes can visualize the foul line. Long Jump Uniform Long jumpers wear the classic track uniform of tight and lightweight clothes. The uniform is designed not to alter an athlete’s jump in any way. Long jumpers wear specially designed shoes with thicker soles and spiked bottoms. The long jump shoe has a curved toe with spikes to help an athlete generate speed. In addition, the heel of a long jump shoe is flat to support the pressure from the plant step. The World Athletics governing body regulates that shoes can have a maximum sole thickness of 13 millimeters. Competitions The winner of a long jump competition is decided by which athlete records the farthest jump. There are a few rules in place to ensure the competition is fair and equal. First and most importantly, an athlete must begin their jump before the foul line. If any part of their foot crosses the front end of the foul line, the jump will not be recorded. Crossing the foul line is called a scratch. In each round of competition, athletes are given three attempts to record the longest jump possible. Scratching ...

Rank Mark WIND Competitor DOB Nat Pos Venue Date Results Score 1 8.60 +0.7 18 MAR 1998 GRE 1 Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium, Kallithea, Athina (GRE) 26 MAY 2021 1269 2 8.50 +0.2 11 AUG 1998 CUB 1q2 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 31 JUL 2021 1247 3 8.47 -0.2 30 APR 1999 USA 1 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 27 JUN 2021 1241 4 8.39 +1.5 19 FEB 1989 USA 1 Chula Vista, CA (USA) 29 MAY 2021 1223 4 8.39 +0.6 08 MAY 1999 CUB 1 Estadio Panamericano, La Habana (CUB) 29 MAY 2021 1223 6 8.38 +0.5 17 NOV 1992 USA 2 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 27 JUN 2021 1221 7 8.36 +0.6 23 JAN 1999 JPN 1 Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka (JPN) 27 JUN 2021 1216 8 8.34 +1.5 14 APR 1998 JAM 1 Cushing Stadium, College Station, TX (USA) 14 MAY 2021 1212 9 8.29 +1.8 12 DEC 1991 USA 3 Chula Vista, CA (USA) 29 MAY 2021 1201 9 8.29 +0.2 02 AUG 1996 JAM 2 Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) 09 JUL 2021 1201 11 8.28 +1.2 04 NOV 1989 CAN 1ce1 Mösle-Stadium, Götzis (AUT) 29 MAY 2021 1199 12 8.27 +0.4 15 FEB 1996 SWE 3 Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) 09 JUL 2021 1197 13 8.26 +1.7 30 SEP 1997 RSA 1 Bestmed Tuks Stadium, Pretoria (RSA) 27 FEB 2021 1194 13 8.26 +0.6 19 JAN 1997 USA Mike A. Myers Stadium, Austin, TX (USA) 06 MAR 2021 1194 13 8.26 +0.3 27 MAR 1999 IND 1 Patiala (IND) 16 MAR 2021 1194 13 8.26 +0.6 27 AUG 1996 CHN 1 Xi'an (CHN) 22 SEP 2021 1194 17 8.25 +0.4 06 MAY 1994 USA 1 Marietta HS, Marietta, GA (USA) 23 MAY 2021 1192 18 8.24 +1.3 15 MAR 1993 GEO 1 New District Stadium, Tbilisi (GEO) 29 MAY 2021 1190 19 8.23 +1.3 29...

Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, a Commonwealth Games 2022 silver medallist, will compete at the Paris Diamond League 2023 in France on Saturday. The Paris Diamond League events will be live streamed in India. The Diamond League is an annual series of top-tier track and field competitions organised by World Athletics. The competition in Paris will be the fourth leg of the 2023 Diamond League season. The Diamond League Final will be held in Eugene, USA, on September 16 and 17. It will be Murali Sreeshankar’s second Diamond League appearance. On his debut in Monaco last year, he finished sixth with a jump of 7.94 metres. The 24-year-old Murali Sreeshankar comes into the Paris Diamond League on the back of a good start this season. He won a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze label event in Kallithea, Greece last month with his season-best jump of 8.18m and made the cut for the upcoming Asian Games in China. Earlier, Sreeshankar won gold medals at the third Indian Grand Prix in March and at the MVA High-Performance athletics meet (USA) in May with jumps of 7.94m and 8.29m (wind-assisted), respectively. At the Paris Diamond League, Sreeshankar will look to breach the entry standard for world championships set at 8.25m. Since Sreeshankar’s effort of 8.29m in the USA was wind-assisted, it did not help him qualify for the World Athletics Championships, to be held in Budapest in August. Sreeshankar’s personal best is 8.36m. The national record of 8.42m belongs to Jeswin ...