A Royal Line-Up for the Women’s Long Jump

The women long jump will be a very open competition, because there won’t be much separating the athletes. Athletissima will perhaps allow the athletes to reach 7 m for the first time this year with a legal wind. The European Champion Ivana Spanovic (SRB), has won the past two editions and hopes to complete the hat trick. She has just jumped 6,99m at the Mediterranean Games, to equal the world-leading mark set by Germany’s Malaika Mihambo, who also will compete in Lausanne. The other jumpers, Christabel Nettey (CAN), Shara Proctor (GBR), Brooke Stratton (AUS) and Lauraine Ugen (GBR) are very close behind.