Now, the long jump format all might be about to change. World Athletics are planning a new trial for measuring long jump take-offs where they’ll replace the take-off board with a take-off zone.

Current long jump rules, he added, were invented well over a century ago when there was no television or social media, not to mention the kind of hi-tech equipment that has the ability to ...

A proposed change to the long jump has stirred debate in the track and field community, so much so that even 9-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis has spoken out.

Long jump set for revolutionary rule change – but Olympic legend Carl Lewis disagrees. The plan is part of a wider push by World Athletics to modernise the sport and boost dwindling audiences ...

World Athletics' experimental change to the long jump made its debut at an ISTAF indoor meet Sunday in Dusseldorf, Germany, when two-time world champion Malaika Mihambo won under the new rule.

The long jump is one of the more iconic Olympic events, but World Athletics CEO Jon Ridgeon recently suggested a potential rule change for the event. During an appearance on the "Anything But ...

Long jump legend Carl Lewis has attacked World Athletics over their radical plans to replace the take-off board with a take-off zone. As detailed by Mail Sport on Monday, the sport’s governing ...

The long jump has been around since the ancient Olympic Games and was one of the events which made up the pentathlon in 708 BC. It is believed the jump was made from a board even then.

A plan to eliminate foul jumps from the long jump event is to be trialled this year, World Athletics CEO Jon Ridgeon said.

JuVaughn Harrison, 22, won the high jump and long jump at the U.S. Olympic trials. No U.S. man has competed in both at the Olympics since 1912.

For 26 seasons Razorback legend Erick Walder has held the collegiate record in the long jump and it was set on this date, April 2, during 1994 UTEP Spring Invitational.