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YouTube Kids has faced criticism from advocacy groups, particularly the Fairplay Organization, for concerns surrounding the app's use of commercial advertising, as well as algorithmic suggestions of videos that may be inappropriate for the app's target audience, as the app has been associated with a controversy surrounding disturbing or violent ...
Robert Beamon (born August 29, 1946) is an American former track and field athlete, best known for his world record in the long jump at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968.By jumping 8.90 m (29 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in), he broke the existing record by a margin of 55 cm (21 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) and his world record stood for almost 23 years until it was broken in 1991 by Mike Powell.
Long jump 7.49 m 2010 World Junior Championships: Moncton, Canada 1st Long jump: 7.99 m 2011 World Championships: Daegu, South Korea 5th Long jump: 8.21 m All-Africa Games: Maputo, Mozambique 1st Long jump: 8.02 m 2016 African Championships: Durban, South Africa 2nd Long jump: 8.23 m w: 2016 Olympic Games: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd Long jump ...
After months of rehabilitation and questioning, he decided to prepare himself to return to competition for the Beijing Olympics in early 2008. However, he did not make the final round. [3] On 12 June 2009, Sdiri beat the former French record holder for long jump, Kader Klouchi (8.30 m in 1998) with an 8.43 m jump.
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 ...
Two months later, on Friday 18 August 1865, at Duns, in the borders of Scotland, around fifteen miles west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, at a meeting of Duns Athletic Club, W. Allen cleared 10ft 9in (3.27m) in the standing long jump and 32ft 2in (9.80m) in the standing triple jump. [9] Eleven feet was first cleared less than a week later.
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.
Anju Bobby George (born 19 April 1977) is an Indian former athlete. She made history when she won the bronze medal in long jump at the 2003 World Championships in Paris.With this achievement, she became the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships jumping 6.70 metres (22.0 ft). [1]