long jumpers

Sand pit competitors

Long jumpers are athletes who compete in the long jump, a track and field event requiring a sprint down a runway followed by a leap into a sandpit.

The winner achieves the greatest horizontal distance.

A long jumper may also be a garment—a sleeveless dress or pinafore worn over a blouse, called a long jumper when it extends below the knee.

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leap · meters · hurdles · Carl Lewis · runway · flight · hitch kick · spikes · foul line · wind gauge · biomechanics · steps · split times · tracks · track and field · vaulting · hops · Olympic trials

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athletic event type

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Athletes who leap vertically

distance runners · pole vaulters · race walkers · cross-country runners · shot putters

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long, jumper, jump, longer, longest, longish, longing, longingly, prolong

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