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- Dictionarylong jump/ˈlɒŋ dʒʌmp/
noun
- 1. an athletic event in which competitors jump as far as possible along the ground in one leap: "a long jump champion"
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The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a group are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". This event has a history in the ancient Olympic Games and has been a modern Olympic event for men since the fir... Wikipedia