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Carl Lewis likens World Athletics radical long jump idea to April Fools joke - 22-Feb-2024

Carl Lewis likens World Athletics radical long jump idea to April Fools joke - 22-Feb-2024
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Carl Lewis likens World Athletics radical long jump idea to April Fools joke

Carl Lewis likens World Athletics radical long jump idea to April Fools joke
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A matter of taste : Mihambo wouldn t object to jumping take-off zone

Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo has said she would not be averse to a mulled change in the long jump from a take-off board to a take-off zone as part of efforts to make athletics more exciting. World Athletics Jon Ridgeon revealed in the Anything But Footy podcast that the ruling body aims to trial this after one-third of the jumps at last year's world championships were fouls. “That doesn’t work, that’s a waste of time," he said. "We’re testing, for example, at the moment a take-off zone rathe

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World Athletics to experiment with new long jump take-off

World Athletics has considered the introduction of a new trial for measuring long jump take-offs.

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World Athletics boss expects some resistance to plans for new long jump format

World Athletics boss expects some resistance to plans for new long jump format
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