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long jump
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long jump

 or broad jump

Track-and-field sport consisting of a horizontal jump for distance. It was formerly performed from both standing and running starts, as separate events, but the standing long jump is no longer included in major competitions. The running long jump was an event in the Olympic Games of 708 BC and in the modern Games from 1896. In 1948 the women's long jump became an Olympic event.


long jump
an athletic contest in which competitors try to cover the farthest distance possible with a running jump from a fixed board or mark


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Bolt has also not ruled out Mike Powell's suggestion that he should try long jumping and could break the American's world record of 8.
Although height is not as essential in track and field as it is in, say, basketball, Harrison has parlayed the growth spurt into top long jumping mark in the state this season, leaping 23 feet 5 inches Saturday at the Camarillo Classic Invitational at Camarillo High.
1secs for 100m, running 800m in 2mins 46secs, long jumping 3.
 
 
 
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