World Athletics will trial a new format for the long jump this year in a bid to reduce the number of fouls in competition – but the idea to change the long-standing event has received plenty of ...

A proposed format change could shake-up the long jump at major track and field competitions, but will the idea take flight? That’s the big question for those involved in the sport right now, notably ...

The long jump is an event in track and field in which the athlete, after a quick run-up, takes off from the ground, trying to land as far away as possible on a platform filled with sand. In addition ...

DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — World Athletics’ experimental change to the long jump made its debut at the ISTAF indoor meet on Sunday when two-time world champion Malaika Mihambo won under the new rule.

GLASGOW, Scotland -- Miltiadis Tentoglou threatened to quit the long jump shortly after winning the world indoor title Saturday, saying he would change events if the sport implements a rule change ...

Long jumper Davis-Woodhall is a two-time Olympian, but first-time medalist Lindsay Kimble is the Executive Editor, News at PEOPLE. She have been working at PEOPLE for nine years. Her work has ...

Tara Davis-Woodhall competes in the long jump in Times Square Athlos It was on Broadway, the home of theatre in New York City, where a one-off long jump competition became more of a show than an ...

Making history at the Region IV track and field championships in the boys long jump on Friday morning at Dimond High School wasn’t the goal for Bartlett’s A’Lante Owens-Player. But the senior standout ...