With Two 5-10.00 Jumps This Season, 6 Feet is Just Around the Corner...

31-year-old Briton Phillips Idowu finally struck gold in major outdoor
championships. The Olympic silver medallist set a 17.73 personal best
to beat Olympic and world champion Nelson Évora of Portugal who took
the silver with 17.55. Edowu w...

2009 - End of Year Reviews – JUMPSWorld Leader Dwight Phillips of the United States in flight in the men's Long Jump final at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin (Getty Images)MEN -High Jump2009 was year No. 1 post-Stefan Hol...

Hustopece, Czech Republic – Two-time World champion Blanka Vlasic, her
rival Ariane Friedrich and European indoor champion Ivan Ukhov will be
headline attractions for next month’s 6th edition of the Moravia High
Jump Tour.Vlasic, also th...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Penn State players scurried for scissors to cut
down the nets, ran for volleyballs left behind and moved quickly to
secure pieces of banners around the arena.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Penn State players scurried for scissors to cut down the nets, ran for volleyballs left behind and moved quickly to secure pieces of banners around the arena.

Everyone wanted a piece of history. They were the only ones who got i...

Fosbury aims for changes in sportOlympic gold medallist feels setting limits to number of attempts will improve eventBy Alaric Gomes, Senior ReporterPublished: 00:00 December 9, 2009Dubai: The inventor of the "Fosbury Flop" is proposing a change in the...

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Most athletes competing at the top level are using doping, says World High Jump Champion Yaroslav Rybakov.

“It seems the international community turns a blind eye to some things in order not to allow doping scandals to lead to a collapse of tra...

When footage of drunken high-jumper Ivan Ukhov appeared on YouTube last year, it generated more than a million hits in a week. Though it's doubtful if international athletics broadcasters will consider it an option at a Berlin seminar next week.

The ...