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	Take-off change not what long jump needs - Sawyers BBCWorld - 22 Feb (BBCWorld) Britain`s Jazmin Sawyers says plans by World Athletics to introduce a trial for measuring long jump take-offs is `not what the event needs`. Read... Newslink ©2024 to BBCWorld Sport



	World Athletics set to trial new long jump take-off RadioNZ - 21 Feb (RadioNZ) World Athletics is planning to introduce a new trial for measuring long jump take-offs. Read... Newslink ©2024 to RadioNZ Sport



	World Athletics could trial new long jump take-off RadioNZ - 21 Feb (RadioNZ) World Athletics is planning to introduce a new trial for measuring long jump take-offs. Read... Newslink ©2024 to RadioNZ Sport



	World Athletics could trial new long jump take-off BBCWorld - 21 Feb (BBCWorld) The new trial could see long jumps measured in a take-off zone rather than the traditional wooden board. Read... Newslink ©2024 to BBCWorld Sport



	World Athletics Indoor Championships: Josh Kerr and Laura Muir named in Great Britain squad BBCWorld - 20 Feb (BBCWorld) Josh Kerr and Laura Muir are named in the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for March`s World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. Read... Newslink ©2024 to BBCWorld Sport



	McCartney soars to world-leading pole vault mark RadioNZ - 11 Feb (RadioNZ) Eliza McCartney produced a world-leading vault of 4.84m to triumph at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meet in France. Read... Newslink ©2024 to RadioNZ Sport



	Wed, 13 Dec 2023: Dame Denise Lewis: Olympic gold medallist is new UK Athletics president BBCWorld - 13 Dec (BBCWorld) Former Olympic heptathlon champion Dame Denise Lewis is elected president of UK Athletics. Read... Newslink ©2024 to BBCWorld Sport



	Tue, 12 Dec 2023: World Athletics Awards 2023: Armand Duplantis and Faith Kipyegon among six named Athletes of the Year BBCWorld - 12 Dec (BBCWorld) World-record pole vaulter Armand Duplantis is named one of six World Athletes of the Year for 2023. Read... Newslink ©2024 to BBCWorld Sport



	Tue, 5 Dec 2023: SAFE welcomes confirmation of end of greyhound racing at Manukau stadium RadioNZ - 5 Dec (RadioNZ) An animal rights group says it is delighted with the decision to replace the greyhound racing track with an athletics track. Read... Newslink ©2024 to RadioNZ Sport



	Wed, 29 Nov 2023: From the emergency room to podium finish: Tan bags CNMI's first ever athletics gold at the Pacific Games RadioNZ - 29 Nov (RadioNZ) Tania Tan won a gold medal in the 5,000m on Monday at the start of the athletics competition in the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Read... Newslink ©2024 to RadioNZ Sport