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Ntando Mahlangu (born 26 January 2002) [1] is a South African Paralympic athlete. [2] He won the gold medal in both the men's long jump T63 and men's 200 metres T61 events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Lynn Davies CBE (born 20 May 1942) [1] is a Welsh former track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. He was the 1964 Olympic champion in the event . Early life
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 ...
She first began to train for long jump in January. Wallace said that watching a younger athlete approach the same transition assisted him in finding new joy and energy in his veteran sport.
Carl Lewis, the legendary American long jumper turned coach, was critical of the plans on social media, tweeting: “You’re supposed to wait until April 1st for April Fools jokes.”
American Brittney Reese caps her historic career with a silver medal in the long jump, while Tara Davis, the new face of the sport for Team USA, finished 6th in Tokyo. Germany’s Malaika Mihambo ...
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 ...
A proposed change to the long jump has stirred debate in the track and field community, so much so that even 9-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis has spoken out.