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Sprint is a television documentary series produced in a collaboration between Netflix and World Athletics, to give a behind-the-scenes look at the athletes and races of the Diamond League, World Athletics Championships, and Olympic Games.
Men's long jump World Championships record progression [2] Mark Athlete Nation Year Round Date 7.96 m Atanas Atanasov Bulgaria (BUL) 1983: Qualification 1983-08-09 8.29 m Jason Grimes United States (USA) 1983: Qualification 1983-08-09 8.37 m Carl Lewis United States (USA) 1983: Qualification 1983-08-09 8.55 m Carl Lewis United States (USA) 1983 ...
Men's long jump at the 2019 World Championships; Venue: Khalifa International Stadium: Dates: 27 September (qualification) 28 September (final) Competitors: 27 from 17 nations: Winning distance: 8.69 m (28 ft 6 in) Medalists
The men's long jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 23 and 24 August 2023. The winning margin was 2 cm which is the narrowest winning margin in the men's long jump at these championships.
The event is best-remembered for the men's long jump competition, when Carl Lewis made the best six-jump series in history, only to be beaten by Mike Powell, whose 8.95 m (29 ft 4.36 in) jump broke Bob Beamon's long-standing world record from the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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 ...
Tuesday was a busy day at Netflix.In the morning, the streamer inked its first major live sports deal when it signed a 10-year, $5 billion agreement with pro wrestling outfit World Wrestling ...
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".