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His 8.69 m (28 ft 6 in) jump put him at number 10 in the IAAF all-time list. [5] At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he got an injury at his first jump at the qualifying round. He managed to do a 8.14 m (26 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) jump at his third attempt, then did 7.69 m (25 ft 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) at the final round to rank 11th.
Championships Gold Silver Bronze 1983 Helsinki details: Carl Lewis United States 8.55 m Jason Grimes United States 8.29 m Mike Conley United States 8.12 m 1987 Rome ...
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump , the two events that measure jumping for distance as a group are referred to as the "horizontal jumps".
Since it keeps saying all the videos are blocked on my country (us) ... The long jump was the second of 10 events in the decathlon. Van der Plaetsen finished fourth in his heat but 17th overall in ...
The women's long jump was introduced over fifty years later in 1948, and was the second Olympic jumping event for women after the high jump, which was added in 1928. The Olympic records for the event are 8.90 m ( 29 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) for men, set by Bob Beamon in 1968, and 7.40 m ( 24 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) for women, set by Jackie Joyner-Kersee ...
Steele was born in El Centro, California on July 14, 1923. At age 4 his family moved to San Diego where he graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in 1940.. Steele initially competed for San Jose State College, coached by Bud Winter in the early 1940s, In 1942 the 18-year-old Willie Steele won the AAU Junior long jump and had a best mark of 25–7 (7.80) which topped the world rankings that ...
The last qualifier to the final was Tajay Gayle with a 7.89m. In the final, as the third jumper on the runway, Gayle jumped a personal best 8.46m to take the lead. No other jumper would beat that mark.
Tsatoumas ranks as the eighth best long jumper in history and holds the European record in the event at low altitude. [ 2 ] At the 2008 Olympics he had the longest qualifying jump with 8.27m, but after three consecutive fouls in the final he finished in last place.