Sentences with phrase «long jump competition»

Having bounced back from two no - heights in Ostrava and Braunschweig to win the British title last weekend, Steve Lewis again failed to register a height having entered the competition at 5.45 m. Lesueur's personal best of 6.92 m in the third round of the long jump competition secured her the win ahead of world and Olympic champion Brittney Reese with 6.87 m as Britain's Shara Proctor leapt 6.70 m for fourth, while Compaoré won the triple jump, beating Olympic champion Christan Taylor by one centimetre with 17.12 m.

I think the long jump competition will be pretty exciting with the rest of the British jumpers providing a healthy rivalry to push us all to some fantastic jumps.»

The women's long jump competition had looked set to be a top contest and it lived up to expectations as Reese claimed her third world indoor title and sixth world title overall with a superb 7.22 m in the final round.

Tianna Bartoletta needed to do no more after her world leading 7.02 m in the second round of the long jump competition as no other athlete could also break the seven metre barrier.

Not exact matches

Also out in the field and New Zealand's shot put star Valerie Adams extended her unbeaten streak to 55 competitions, her first throw of 19.96 m her best to claim victory ahead of Germany's Christina Schwanitz, while Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor leapt his best in the final round of the long jump to move from fifth to first and beat Commonwealth silver medallist Zarck Visser of South Africa by just one centimetre — 8.09 m to 8.08 m. Britain's Greg Rutherford — gold medallist ahead of Visser in Glasgow — leapt a best of 8.04 m for fourth as just eight centimetres separated the top five.

Playgrounds can become competition fields by taking a stopwatch and timing how many times your toddler can jump in one minute or how long it takes to climb the slide and get down.

Not a sprint on a super-smooth track such as the one used for the track cycling competition, but a mad dash across a course that is about 1,148 feet (350 meters) long and 32 feet (10 meters) wide, with three - hairpin turns and four jump - filled straight - aways.

Strength training has two benefits that are important for athletes, it improves performance and lets you ultimately run faster, jump higher, throw and kick harder and endure longer, but it also reduces injuries and promotes health which allows the athletes to not lose valuable training and competition time and perform to the best of his abilities.

You can no longer jump straight into a top tier motorsport, and even once you get to the highest level of competition there are now other disciplines to try out up there.

A few weeks ago, 40 states and the District of Columbia jumped into the high - profile education competition known as Race to the Top, submitting applications up to 1,000 pages long to make their case for a share of $ 4.35 billion in federal prize money...

The longer of the two jumps is that team's score for that competition

On the Move Rabbits that compete in agility or jumping competitions usually wear a harness with a light, long leash attached.

Dogs are also capable of long jumping — clearing distances of up to nine feet over a series of low obstacles — in competitions.

You can no longer jump straight into a top tier motorsport, and even once you get to the highest level of competition there are now other disciplines to try out up there.

She qualified to participate in the South Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association competition for long jump that same year.

Field events consisted of the hula toss, tennis ball throw, shot put throw, softball throw, bean bag competition, standing long jump and the wheelchair slalom.