It’s an event which was dominated by legends like Jesse Owens, Bob Beamon, Carl Lewis and Mike Powell. Things are very different in the long jump now. And a quick look at the long jump entry list for this month-end’s Diamond League meet in Lausanne, Switzerland, made one shiver in excitement.
For the first time, Indians are world leaders in the long jump this year with Jeswin Aldrin (8.42m) and M. Sreeshankar occupying the top two rungs in the World Athletics’ list and both figure in the entry list for Lausanne which was put up on Wednesday night.
