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Invalidated site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Biomechanical Research on Special Ability of Long Jump Take-Off Muscle Based on Multisource Information Fusion. Dec 11, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Biomechanical Research on Special Ability of Long Jump Take-Off Muscle Based on Multisource Information Fusion. Dec 11, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Biomechanical Research on Special Ability of Long Jump Take-Off Muscle Based on Multisource Information Fusion. Sep 21, 2024
Add new Web site: LiveAbout - Illustrated Step-by-Step Long Jump Technique. May 31, 2024
Add new Web site: World Atheletics - Long Jump. Apr 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Analysis of the long jump technique in the transition from approach to takeoff based on time-continuous kinematic data. Dec 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Nebraska Coaches Association - Long Jump. Oct 19, 2023
Add new Web site: Olympics.com - Long jump: Know how it works, rules, history and world records. Jan 13, 2023
Corrected article to note that the winning jump in a competition can come from either the preliminary or final round. Aug 16, 2016
Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Long Jump. Aug 26, 2010
Changed minimum runway distance from 45 to 40 metres and added a maximum width for the landing area. Jul 15, 2009
Media added. Jul 28, 2008
Article revised. Apr 07, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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