EUGENE, Ore. — Tara Davis-Woodhall survived a scare in the preliminaries before winning the U.S. title in the women's long jump on Thursday night with the longest jump in the world this season.

(CNN) — Arriving in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, triple jumper Jonathan Edwards made an unlikely purchase in duty free. He decided to pick up a pair of sunglasses – not for sunning himself on the ...

A Texas cat recently earned a Guinness World Record by leaping a distance of 8 feet and 5 inches, the record for the longest jump by a cat. Oscar, a seven-year-old rescue cat from Dallas, had some ...

Athlos, a women's only track and field series, is set to light up Times Square with a unique long jump competition.

TOKYO, Sept 20 (Reuters) - If halfway leader Kyle Garland goes on to win the decathlon world championships gold on Sunday he will look back on his brave long jump as the moment he truly arrived at the ...

That could explain why his triple jump mark has stood for so long, even with developments in nutrition, equipment and sports science. But Edwards also thinks that the record’s longevity boils down to ...