A new-look long jump competition will debut at Sunday's Stockholm Diamond League meeting with many in the sport hoping its first appearance will ...
Share this contentSTOCKHOLM: A new-look long jump competition will debut at Sunday's Stockholm Diamond League meeting with many in the sport hoping its first appearance will also be its last.
"They are sacrificing the athlete and their effort for the hope that a spectator is going to care about that moment of drama, when the entire long jump competition is dramatic." The Athletics Association, a competitors' pressure group, said they had surveyed dozens of athletes and claimed that 87 percent were against the new long jump.
"TV doesn't show it as live..... makes me want to bang my head against the wall. Surely a true measure of pressure is giving EVERYONE a chance to win?"
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