As reported in Britain's "Athletics International" yesterday:
<<The world junior best for the indoor long jump, which had stood at 8.09 (26-61/2) by Dion Bentley (USA) since 1989, was broken by Viktor Kuznetsov of the Ukraine with a leap of 8.12 (26-73/4) in what must be seen as one of the major breakthroughs in the history of athletics.
Kuznetsov (b. 14 Jul 1986, 190/67 [6 21/2/148!]) competed as a triple jumper in 2003 with a best of 15.47 [50-91/4] before improving to 16.32 [53-61/2] on Dec 12. A week later came his amazing long jump (series 8.07 [26-53/4], 8.12 [26-61/2], x, 7.65 [25-11/4], x, x). His previous best was 6.89 [21-111/2] in December 2002! These new marks will not be eligible as Ukrainian junior records as there was no drugs testing. >>
<<The world junior best for the indoor long jump, which had stood at 8.09 (26-61/2) by Dion Bentley (USA) since 1989, was broken by Viktor Kuznetsov of the Ukraine with a leap of 8.12 (26-73/4) in what must be seen as one of the major breakthroughs in the history of athletics.
Kuznetsov (b. 14 Jul 1986, 190/67 [6 21/2/148!]) competed as a triple jumper in 2003 with a best of 15.47 [50-91/4] before improving to 16.32 [53-61/2] on Dec 12. A week later came his amazing long jump (series 8.07 [26-53/4], 8.12 [26-61/2], x, 7.65 [25-11/4], x, x). His previous best was 6.89 [21-111/2] in December 2002! These new marks will not be eligible as Ukrainian junior records as there was no drugs testing. >>
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