It is not often that a woman jumps over seven metres, indoors or out, but USA's Brittney Reese sailed well past that barrier in today's
long jump final to successfully defend her title at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul as Britain's Shara Proctor took bronze.
Jazmin Sawyers was in determined mood after making the women's
long jump final in Rio, where she finished eighth.
Two athletes over seven metres in top
long jump final which saw Lorraine Ugen equal the British indoor record, while Trayvon Bromell won the 60m title ahead of Asafa Powell at the IAAF World Indoor Championships
It took just one jump — 6.89 m — for Shara Proctor to book her place in Thursday night's Commonwealth Games
long jump final.
Halfway through
the long jump final, Lewis led, but with a modest 27»10 3/4».
Not exact matches
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SANJAY KETTLES St. Mary's - Berkeley — Track & Field — Senior After fouling out of the
finals as a junior, Kettles was down to his last attempt as a senior when he
jumped 24 - feet, 33/4 inches to win the state title in the
long jump.
Next night, Wake Forest, which had reached the
final by routing Clemson 74 - 59 and outfighting North Carolina State 71 - 66, tried to crash the zone and was moderately effective as
long as big Len Chappell was hitting with his favorite
jumpers and picking off rebounds.
In the gold medal
final of the men's
long jump, the host country of Great Britain got a chance to cheer as Greg Rutherford took home the top prize.
In the
finals, the qualifiers were competing for the best
long jump of six total attempts, with a cutoff to a field of eight following the first three attempts.
When all was said and done in the
final week of the Games, the U.S. men had won eight of the nine medals in the 100, 200 and 400 meters; Dwight Phillips had held off U.S. teammate John Moffitt for a one - two in the
long jump; and in the dying sunlight on Sunday, Mebrahtom Keflezighi of the U.S. took silver in the marathon, running the race of his life.
The 4 √ ó100 relay seemed certain to produce a medal, salvaging something for Jones's efforts, even though her inclusion on the team was controversial for three reasons: first was the possibility that she could receive a drug ban, imperiling any relay medals; second, the
finals in the
long jump and the 4 √ ó100 relay were on the same night; and third, 200 - meter silver medalist Allyson Felix, 18, had been running faster than Jones.
Track and field: Men's decathlon gets underway, men's 3000 - meter steeplechase
final (8:30 a.m., live stream), women's
long jump, women's 200 - meter
final, women's 100 - meter hurdles
final (7:20 p.m., live stream)
7:30 p.m. - Men's high
jump:
Final 7:35 p.m. - Women's javelin throw: Qualifications 7:40 p.m. - Men's 110 - meter hurdles: Semifinals 8:05 p.m. - Women's
long jump: Qualifications 8:10 p.m. - Women's 400 - meter hurdles: Semifinals 8:35 p.m. - Men's 400 - meter hurdles: Semifinals 9:00 p.m. - Women's 200 meters: Semifinals 9:30 p.m. - Women's 1500 meters:
Final 9:45 p.m. - Men's 110 - meter hurdles:
Final
Dan Bramble was fifth in the
long jump while Allan Smith was the best performing Brit in the high
jump final, clearing a season's best 2.27 m in fifth after Olympic bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz had three failed clearances at 2.21 m and placed 12th.
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.
Olympic and world heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis - Hill will compete in the
long jump at the Müller Anniversary Games on «Super Saturday», which is completed by a full programme of para-athletics events with the IPC Grand Prix
Final taking place between 12 - 2 pm.
World and Olympic champion Robert Harting threw a best of 68.24 m in the
final round to secure his victory in style, with Moscow Worlds silver medallist Piotr Małachowski again runner up behind Harting with 65.45 m. Jeff Henderson called it a day after his personal best leap of 8.33 m in the fourth round of the
long jump.
The women's 100m was the
final Diamond League race of the evening and
long jumps specialist Tori Bowie continued the sort of form which saw her claim 200m victory in Eugene and a win over 100m in Rome clocking personal bests of 22.18 and 11.05 respectively.
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.
The 22 - year - old's leap of 6.75 m in Birmingham, which she backed up with 6.72 m in the
final round, saw her claim the British
long jump title ahead of world silver medallist and UK record - holder Shara Proctor and it also secured her spot on the Great Britain team for her first Olympics in Rio next month.
'' Without doubt the biggest surprises came in the
long jump, and the list of non-qualifiers read like the start list for the
final!
My youngest son, my
final teenager:), is a sprinter and
long jumper, and he really needs more nourishment than ever before because he is competing.
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As
long as we're on a roll, let's address two
final obstacles that keep savers on the sidelines instead of
jumping in and reaping the major benefits of setting up an IRA:
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Once lunch is over and you have had time to take in the scenery we
jump back aboard and head to
Long Caye for our third and
final dive, we usually arrive back at the Dive Center around 6.30 pm.
Spacebar
Jumps, which after playing
Final Fantasy XII for so
long felt weird to do.