long jump

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Return of the Champ: Toby Ojo, West Torrance Sophomore makes his season debut at the Torrance City Champs Meet and captures the varsity long jump crown!

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Rand, whose first husband was British rower Sydney Rand, also won long jump gold at the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Jamaica.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Jazmin Sawyers was left "gutted" after missing out on the women's long jump final on her post-injury return to a global championship.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

Three of the five longest held men's world records in the most commonly contested events are jumps: the high jump, long jump and triple jump records were all set between 1991 and 1995.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025

On the Presidential Fitness Tests she beat me at chin-ups and the long jump and I killed her on push-ups, sit-ups, and the fifty-yard dash.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth