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Long Jump
Stade de France

Event 	Medal


Take-off: No-jump recorded if any part of shoe breaks vertical plane of foul line

Take-off board

Foul line: HD cameras replace plasticine to detect foul

20cm

Adizero Long Jump shoes
Designed to grip runway to build maximum power and speed for explosive launch


Malaika Mihambo
(GER). Claimed women’s gold at Tokyo 2020


JUMP DYNAMICS

1 Approach: Athlete aims for top speed during 20-23-stride approach. Elite jumpers usually leave ground at angle of 20 degrees or less – velocity is crucial component

2 Take-off: Penultimate stride lengthens – hips dip then rise forward and up, converting horizontal velocity to vertical force

3 Hitchkick: Strides during flight counteract forward rotation of body

4 Landing: Feet as far from hips as possible

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Olympic record	Bob Beamon (USA)		Mexico City 1968	8.90m
		Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	Seoul 1988		7.40m

World record	Mike Powell (USA)		Tokyo 1991		8.95m
		Galina Chistyakova (URS)	Leningrad 1988		7.52m


Sources: IOC, IAAF 
Pictures: Getty Images
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