Fast forward to December 2025, and Jon Ridgeon has given up. World Athletics announced that they have scrapped the plans to ...

Criticism from several of the greatest jumpers in history and the present has led to an idea to modify the board that marks ...

Carl Lewis, the world’s greatest-ever long jumper, has dismissed plans to trial changes in the event as an ‘April Fools joke’. World Athletics is considering the most radical overhaul of the long jump ...

A proposed format change could shake-up the long jump at major track and field competitions, but will the idea take flight? That’s the big question for those involved in the sport right now, notably ...

The long jump is one of the more iconic Olympic events, but World Athletics CEO Jon Ridgeon recently suggested a potential rule change for the event. During an appearance on the "Anything But Footy" ...

Having won his ninth gold medal with a victory in the long jump, Carl Lewis began campaigning today for a chance to win his 10th Olympic title. And while he is not listed in the current lineup to ...