long jump

"Any Jamaican athlete in the sprints is following on from one of the greatest of all-time, so there is inevitably added pressure," Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford said on BBC TV.

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

The world records in the high, triple and long jump were all set in the 1990s, and remain unbroken.

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.

As a result, Hernandez was allowed to compete at the state finals in the girls’ long jump, high jump and triple jump, but her qualifying did not result in the exclusion of any cisgender girl.