World Athletics’ experimental change to the long jump made its debut at the ISTAF indoor meet on Sunday when two-time world ...

German great Malaika Mihambo won a first long jump competition with a take-off zone rather than the traditional board at an ...

The new and controversial take-off zone rule, which removes the fixed board and allows jumps to be measured from any point ...

A new long jump “take-off zone” was trialled at the indoor athletics meet in Düsseldorf on Sunday in what may become a ...

A new long jump 'take off zone' has been trialled at ... The reform replaces the line on the traditional board behind which jumps must be made. Instead, the distance of the jump will be measured ...

Sweet spot The take-off zone is 40 centimeters long, compared to the take-off board’s 20, and every jump from the zone is measured from the athlete's take-off point with the aid of cameras ...