long-jumpers

Sand pit competitors

Long-jumpers are athletes who compete in the long jump, a track and field event where competitors sprint down a runway and leap as far as possible into a sandpit.

The term applies to both recreational and elite athletes: The long-jumpers lined up for their final attempts.

equipment

sandpit

Enclosed play area with grains

rake

physics

trajectory

Path of moving object

airborne · gravity · lift · arc · force · projection

technique

takeoff

Departure or parody

athletes

sprinters

Brief-race speed athletes

heptathletes · pentathletes · shot-putters

competition

foul

Offensive or illegal

measurement · championships · standings

Opposites
athletic discipline type

long-jumpersthrowers

Ones who fling things

shot putters · discus throwers · javelin throwers · hammer throwers · distance runners

vertical vs. horizontal movement

long-jumpershigh jumpers

Athletes who leap vertically

pole vaulters

event distance/duration

long-jumpersultramarathoners

Those racing beyond 26.2 miles

distance runners · decathletes · triathletes · cross-country runners

Family

long, jump, jumper, jumpers, longer, longest, longish, length, lengthen

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G