Doha 2009: W-LJ: Reese (6.99m WL)

[EPelle]

2009 WL: 6.80m Grace Upshaw USA*

* New WL: Reese (6.99m)

Order

1 381 JIMOH Funmi USA
2 383 JURAVLEVA Anastasiya UZB
3 378 JOSEPHS Janice RSA
4 375 COSTA Keila BRA
5 382 REESE Brittney USA
6 379 SOKOLOVA Yelena RUS
7 377 GOMES Naide POR
8 380 VELDAKOVA Jana SVK
9 376 MAGGI Maurren Higa BRA

[Kai88]

Technique by Brittney Reese is absolutly shocking

But its doing her the business i suppose....

[jeremyp]

6.99 for Reese! PB I believe? 22'11 1/4

[Jamaican Sensation]

what a long jump comp 3 women 6.90+

[donley2]

what a long jump comp 3 women 6.90+

Olympics was the only competition last year that had 3 women over 6.90.

[Rineanna]

Fantastic competition.

I don't feel quite right implying that a lady who's jumped 6.99m has an imperfect technique, but I'm scared to think how far she'd go with a bit of refinement. But as long as she's dropping those distances....

As for Jimoh....what the hell! She must have had one hell of an off season, because she was competing practically every other day indoors, and in some meets could barely scrape over 6.30m/6.40m. The wLJ is going to be fierce this year if the Americans can sustain these distances to challenge the Brazilians, Russians, Gomes and company. The American trials will be a bloodbath for those three spots!

[unclezadok]

I have not seen her jump, but you are probably right about the technique. Perhaps she should be jumping 24. Who was the triple jumper who landed almost bolt upright in the pit but jumped about 57-9 for the 1992 silver medal?
Had to look it up--Charles Simpkins.
Of course, the ideal technique is not the same for all jumpers, although there are certain things which can only be negative factors.

[BCBaroo]

Now that's truly exciting.
Would love to see some big 7 plus jumps from her.

[AthleticsInBritain]

Biiiig jumps have been a bit thin on the ground since the turn of the century.

Top 10 wLJ marks of the 21st century:

(12) 7.42m Tatyana Kotova RUS 23/6/02
(29) 7.33m Tatyana Lebedeva RUS 31/7/04
(54) 7.27m Irina Simigina RUS 31/7/04
(85) 7.21m Lyudmila Kolchanova RUS 27/05/07
(114) 7.17m Lyudmila Kolchanova RUS 2/08/07
(126) 7.16A Elva Goulbourne JAM 22/05/2004
(137) 7.15m Tatyana Lebedeva RUS 21/07/2007
(167) 7.12m Tatyana Kotova RUS 9/06/01
(167) 7.12m Tatyana Kotova RUS 30/08/06
(167) 7.12m Naide Gomes POR 29/07/08

With thanks to Pela2!

[pela2]

Biiiig jumps have been a bit thin on the ground since the turn of the century.

Top 10 wLJ marks of the 21st century:

(12) 7.42m Tatyana Kotova RUS 23/6/02
(29) 7.33m Tatyana Lebedeva RUS 31/7/04
(54) 7.27m Irina Simigina RUS 31/7/04
(85) 7.21m Lyudmila Kolchanova RUS 27/05/07
(114) 7.17m Lyudmila Kolchanova RUS 2/08/07
(126) 7.16A Elva Goulbourne JAM 22/05/2004
(137) 7.15m Tatyana Lebedeva RUS 21/07/2007
(167) 7.12m Tatyana Kotova RUS 9/06/01
(167) 7.12m Tatyana Kotova RUS 30/08/06
(167) 7.12m Naide Gomes POR 29/07/08

With thanks to Pela2!

[mump boy]

Biiiig jumps have been a bit thin on the ground since the turn of the century.

Top 10 wLJ marks of the 21st century:

(12) 7.42m Tatyana Kotova RUS 23/6/02
(29) 7.33m Tatyana Lebedeva RUS 31/7/04
(54) 7.27m Irina Simigina RUS 31/7/04
(85) 7.21m Lyudmila Kolchanova RUS 27/05/07
(114) 7.17m Lyudmila Kolchanova RUS 2/08/07
(126) 7.16A Elva Goulbourne JAM 22/05/2004
(137) 7.15m Tatyana Lebedeva RUS 21/07/2007
(167) 7.12m Tatyana Kotova RUS 9/06/01
(167) 7.12m Tatyana Kotova RUS 30/08/06
(167) 7.12m Naide Gomes POR 29/07/08

With thanks to Pela2!

i was in Annecy when Kotova apparently jumped 7.42 nobody there actually believed it was legit

[AthleticsInBritain]

I've always wondered about that Kotova mark but I didn't see the jump so I've no particular reason to doubt it as Annecy is as good a venue as any. I plead ignorance on this assumption!

Hmmm, going by this list, if you want to jump big then it obviously helps if you're Russian and called Tatyana!