no evolution at all on the men's side, it seems like it gets worse by the day.
I feel like the gold medal in the LJ in Paris will jump like 7.95 if things keep like this.
It's kinda weird we don't see sprinters doing it anymore.
what happened to long jump and triple jump?
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Most of the track and field events live through cycles.
Look at the 400mh.
Look at the 5000m under Mo Farah.
Look at the 1500m.
Look at the shot put.
It comes and goes; enjoy it, it allows to shift your focus from one event to the other.
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Long Jump is DEAD wrote:
I feel like the gold medal in the LJ in Paris will jump like 7.95 if things keep like this.
European Championships was won with 8.52, which isn't too shabby. The only man who was ever able to routinely go over 8.60 was Lewis.
Women's LJ is doing just fine unless you believe Joyner-Kersee, Marion Jones, Drechsler et al were jumpin' clean.
Men's TJ hasn't seen an 18m jump for a few years, but I think anything over 18.10 is once-in-a-lifetime freakish (unless you're Jonathon Edwards).
In women's TJ we're privileged to be living in the age of Yulimar MF Rojas.
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There is too much fame and money tied up in basketball and football. The skillset to be a great long jumper too closer overlaps with those team sports and youth and college coaches won’t often let a kid focus on being a jumper when the money is elsewhere.
I do wonder how far future NFL receivers and defensive backs would jump if that was part of the draft combine.
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The answer is there's just not a lot of money in the field events. Letsrun here did a pretty comprehensive article 4-5 years ago on what track and field athletes make, and it's pretty clear that the field events are like second class citizens:
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There has always been very little evolution in the LJ. Jesse Owens jumped 8,13 in 1935. He would have reached the final in this years world championship.
Only 6 men have set world records in LJ after world war 2.
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As noted the other day, Filbert Bayi ran 3:32.16 in 1974, and now if a US runner achieves that time we all lose our minds. World titles are won in that time.
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because we live in a society of scumbags who want attention and publicity and long jump offers none of that.
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