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Irving Saladino of Panama competes during the men's longjump event at the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha March 12, 2010. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler (QATAR - Tags: SPORT ATHLETICS)

American long jumper Savante Stringfellow (C) congratulates American sprinters Alvin and Calvin Harrison who had just come first and second in the 400 metres during a friendly pre-Olympic athletics meeting in Brisbane September 3, 2000. Stringfellow went on to win his event.

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Philipp Huber of Switzlerland jumps in the longjump competition at the international decathlon meeting in Goetzis June 3. Huber jumped 7.32 m and is placed 18th.

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Thomas Dvorak of the Czech Republic jumps 7,77 metres in the longjump event at the two-day international decathlon meeting in Goetzis May 29. Erki Nool from Estonia leads he longjump competition with 7,79 metres.

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Thomas Dvorak from Czechoslovakia jumps 7,77 metres in the long jump event at the two-day international decathlon meeting in Goetzis May 29. Erki Nool from Estonia leads the long jump competition with 7,79 metres.

PR/AA

Long jumper Danny Beauchamp of the Seychelles removes his shirt during stretching exercies, in front of a traditional gong which will form part of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, in Malaysia's national stadium in Kuala Lumpur September 9. Over 4,000 athletes are preparing to compete in the games which officially begin September 11.

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Erki Nool of Estonia is in the air to mark 7.88 metres in the longjump event at the two-day international decathlon meeting in Goetzis May 30. Nool is currently leading the competition with 2.750 points.

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Switzerland's Philipp Huber is in the air to jump 7.49 metres in the longjump competition, marking a new personal record, at the two-day international decathlon meeting in Goetzis May 30. Erki Nool of Estonia leads the competition with 2.750 points after the first day.

HP/EB

James Beckford of Jamaica lands in the sand during the longjump event at the 21st annual Alpenrosen-meeting in Austria's western province of Tyrol, May 29. Beckford jumped 8.52 m, marking world best performance of the year