Category: Long Jump News
Mattia Furlani won the long jump title at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
Mattia Furlani won the long jump title at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, repeating his success after triumphing with the indoor title in Nanjing this winter. The Italian athlete improved his personal best and with 8.39m (+0.2 m/sec) won his first world outdoors title. The silver went to Tajay Gayle (Jamaica) with 8.34m (-0.1
Tara Davis-Woodhall won the long jump title at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
The reigning Olympics champion Tara Davis-Woodhall won the long jump title at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. The American athlete jumped a world lead of 7.13m to win the gold in the event ahead of the German long jumper Malaika Mihambo, whose best attempt in the final was 6.99m. The bronze was for the
Malaika Mihambo does not think of retiring after the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
Olympic long jump champion Malaika Mihambo does not believe that the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo will be the last of her career. “I am not sure at this moment. However, I am quite sure that the 2027 World Championships in Beijing will be my last”, said she before the start of this year’s championships
Simon Ehammer won long jump gold at the Diamond League Final
The World heptathlon champion Simon Ehammer won the long jump Diamond League trophy after triumphing at the Weltklasse Zurich with a jump of 8.32m, registering this achievement on his third attempt. This winter’s indoor world champion Mattia FUrlani tried to overtake Simon Ehammer and came as close as possible to him, but with 8.30m (+0.7
Ivana Spanovic will compete only in the triple jump at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships
Ivana Spanovic has decided to compete only in the triple jump at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, which means she will not defend her title won two years ago in the long jump. The most successful Serbian athlete announced her decision on social media. “The last long jump competition hits different. We decided not to
Tara Davis-Woodhall smashed the competition in the long jump at the Stockholm Diamond League
Paris 2024 Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall won the Stockholm Diamond League with a meeting record of 7.05m(+1.3 m/s). She achieved this result on her first attempt and did not allow herself to be displaced from first place until the end of the competition. Only Italy’s Larissa Iapichino came close to threatening the American’s
European long jump indoor champion Bozhidar Saraboyukov faces fierce competition at Rome Diamond League
The European indoor long jump champion from Apeldoorn this winter, Bozhidar Saraboyukov, will make his third start in the Diamond League in a few days. He will start in Rome on June 6. Bozhidar Saraboyukov will face a large number of the strongest competitors in the world, and this competition is also a prerequisite for
Jazmin Sawyers returned to the long jump after a 13-month absence due to a torn Achilles
Istanbul 2023 European Indoor long jump champion Jazmin Sawyers has returned to the track and field after a 13-month absence due to a torn Achilles. The 30-year-old Briton suffered the serious injury in training in April 2024. Jazmin Sawyers cleared 6.53m at the Loughborough International, which was her first competition since the injury. With such
Claire Bryant won the long jump gold at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing
American long jump athlete Claire Bryant won the gold at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China. The 23-year-old athlete, who is making her debut in a tournament of this level, blew away the competition and won the long jump gold with a personal best of 6.96m. She achieved this result on her
Mattia Furlani won the long jump gold at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing
Mattia Furlani won his first major men’s title. After losing the European indoor long jump gold to Bozhidar Saraboyukov by one centimeter two weeks ago, the Italian now triumphed at the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing with 8.30m. He registered his winning attempt in his second outing in the sector. The 20-year-old Mattia Furlani was