Claire Bryant of the United States leaped a personal best of 6.96m to win gold and her first world title at the World Indoor ...
The Prefontaine Classic continues its impressive legacy with an exciting Olympic rematch in the women’s long jump!
The evolution of the long jump world record tells a story of athletic achievement and era-defining moments in sport. It began over a century ago when Peter O’Connor of Ireland made history in 1901 ...
1992 Olympic Games: Long Jump - 7.07 m (3rd) 1996 Olympic Games: Long Jump - 7.00 m (3rd) 1982 USA Outdoor Championships: Heptathlon - 6041 pts. (1st) 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials: Heptathlon - 6520 pts. ...
Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics ...
At the Olympics, he qualified for the final but suffered a broken foot on a warm-up jump and was forced to scratch from the final. He was still ranked sixth in the world, the first of 14 world ...