long jump
noun
: a track-and-field event in which a jump for distance is made usually from a running start
long jumper
noun
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At the other extreme, the three exercises that were most correlated with the rest of the tests were push-ups, standing long jump, and the Beep Test.
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2024
America’s Tara Davis-Woodhall was dominant in the women’s long jump, too.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
Woodhall’s wife, Tara Davis-Woodhall, won gold at the Paris Olympics in the women’s long jump earlier this summer.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2024
This comes a few weeks after his wife, Olympian Tara Davis-Woodhall, won her gold medal in the women’s long jump.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2024
America’s Tara Davis-Woodhall was dominant in the women’s long jump, too.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
Woodhall’s wife, Tara Davis-Woodhall, won gold at the Paris Olympics in the women’s long jump earlier this summer.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2024
This comes a few weeks after his wife, Olympian Tara Davis-Woodhall, won her gold medal in the women’s long jump.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Long jump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20jump. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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