NOUN
- the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start
- a competition that involves jumping as far as possible from a running start
How To Use long jump In A Sentence
- She got a silver in the long jump.
- He will be involved in a gruelling schedule of 60 metres hurdles, high jump, long jump, shot and 1,000 metres.
- Last year, she had two no-jumps in the long jump during the heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships.
- You might be used to frogs taking long jumps, but cane toads move with short, rapid hops or a running walk instead.
- Sean Gourley had the crowds urging him on as he leapt to long jump victory in an impressive 7. 01m.
- Brian is a member of the Newcastle athletic club and the long jump is his specialist field.
- The modern discus weighs in at just 5 pounds, one-third of the original weight, and the long jumps were done with the contestant carrying a five pound weight in each hand.
- In her defence the long jumper and former sprinter points out she was young, innocent and unquestioning.
- Bob Beamon 's longstanding record for the long jump was eventually broken.
- The maths would suggest that speed plus jumping ability equals a cracking long jump. Times, Sunday Times
