(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 ...

The previous record, set in 1974 by Bob Gill, was 171 feet. The next event for Raha is the X Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, and he looks to earn his seventh gold medal. After that, Raha is going to be ...

Tara Davis-Woodhall competes in the long jump in Times Square Athlos It was on Broadway, the home of theatre in New York City, where a one-off long jump competition became more of a show than an ...

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 ...