Men's Long Jump Final | World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015

first russian indoor champion a few years ago 806 in qualifying sergey polyansky seems a little nervous he is not as experienced as his russian teammate who is here as defending champion here is jeff henderson the pan american champion the best

jump

in the

world

this year 8 36 in rating 8 52 at the beginning of the season jeff henderson and had his name in a rich list of Americans who won this title now listen to the raw for the

world

junior champion janan wang massive night for him here is the french cafetean gomi European silver medalist in 2010 bronze last year 812 in qualifying we will need more than that tonight suspicions to get on the podium then radek juska European indoor silver medalist and European under 23 silver medalist this year 798 in qualifying so he is more than capable of overcoming the eight meters the second of our Chinese athletes, Asian champion this year, is not shy and does not lack a good reception fabrice lapierre great to see the Australian return to something similar to the form that took him to the world indoor title in 2010 803 in the classification and then commonwealth champion european champion and olympic champion of great britain greg rutherford seeks the only title missing from his collection and one of the most consistent seasons of his career so far then the defending champion of russia 8 56 su personal best is not in that shape this year can alexander menkoff turn it around then from the shorts the man who almost missed the medal at the pan american games tyrone smith just doing a little shadow boxing to get in the mood and in pace then the third of our chinese competitors ginzy lee is huge and raw for him, he is asking for more world indoor silver medalist last year asian games champion last year and last but not least america winner from the paris diamond league doing his own usain bolt waves to the crowd mike hartfield getting excited a grand

final

in prospect and a chance at history for the chinese looking back in the history books huang jiang finished seventh for them in 1995, but that's the best performance a chinese

long

jump

er has ever had in men's world championship history janan wang junior world champion last year is asking the crowd to get involved and help him polyansky had 789 with his first effort henderson for true didn't have a jump a lot of noise around the bird's nest for wang well you have a solid one on the board if you get the white flag waiting for that confirmation.

There's the former decathlete who discovered he was too short for all ten events and is proving to be a great

long

jumper, perhaps not as decorated as his compatriot Jin Hee Lee, but some people are tipping Wang to finish at the top. top of the list when it comes to Chinese long jumpers and opened up there with a pretty solid jump in the first round got one on the board that could look to improve 8 14 has temporarily taken the lead but there is a long way makes Jin Long Gow Asian champion earlier this year 8 11 in qualifying once again over the eight meter line now we have just seen Wang jump to 8 14.

What did the 21 year old manage to do in response quite well? The board is excellent for the profile of

athletics

here in China, that three men reached the

final

, as I said before, his best result in the long jump was seventh in 1995, they will surely surpass the eight fourteen that he tied with his compatriot. This is Alexander Minkov, he is the defending champion, the Russian has had a pretty average season around the eight meter mark, quite a few jumps with no jumps in this first round. janan wang and his compatriot jinglong gao tied at 8 14. that would be a change for By the books, wouldn't you believe Menkov came in right behind them?

So 802, you suspect there will be many more fireworks in this competition in the rounds to come and now the Chinese support begins once again for their trio of long jumpers, first of all Wang. again rob, yes, shanann wang is on the head, courtesy of that 8 14. It's been a pretty poor first round, quite a few jumps without jumps, including one from Greg Rutherford, the Olympic champion, at 8 14, good enough to lead at the start of the second round and that may be a marginal improvement from the junior world champion, there is a long way to go here of course, but what a story it would be if a Chinese athlete managed to finish on the podium or on top, he has never done better than seventh before, but many big men They struggle to maintain their early pace here, even Jeff Henderson's best so far is only 7.95, considering he has reached 852 this season and is in the lead and extends his lead by four centimeters. the first stages of the second round now asking the public for help once again he was tied with his compatriot at 8 14. he has just seen how that advantage is lost another four centimeters without improvement there he is putting together a fairly consistent series govis for The way in which The experienced Frenchman has had two jumps without jumps so far, so he has one more effort, he has been good for the Chinese jumpers in terms of his accuracy on the board.

Wang Lee with eight 18. Gal will remain in second place until now, he will not. There will be some improvement on his 8 14 from the first round. Greg Rutherford, the Olympic champion, didn't have a big jump in the first round. This has been one of the most consistent seasons we've seen from the multiple major championship gold medalist and that was saying a lot. best of rutherford has been in excellent form this season had an excellent diamond league in stockholm backing up an 834 with an 8 32 is almost certain to take the lead here no great britain has ever finished higher than fifth place at the world show jumping

championships

length and that was rutherford in berlin in 2009 8 29 the olympic champion has left a brilliant score here in the second round fabrice lapierre is living dangerously here he is 785 only at this moment he is in a position to take three more jumps former world indoor champion , needs to improve here to ensure there is little stutter on the board, well that's at least better apart from Greg Rutherford's 8 29.

To be honest, it's been a pretty low standard. Officers are just seeing the plaster scenes coming for some. very close inspection of this world championship with katarina johnson thompson no jump marquis dendi coming out missing by inches oh my god that was very tight but that time I think we could almost see the crack there oh well I'm not an official but I would say it's not there closer nor further than some of the other jumps that have been given to red, it almost looks exactly like Dendy and Johnson Thompson and they are both gone, yes, anyway, that did count and Lapierre has moved up eight ten now.

This is Jin He Lee, the world indoor silver medalist last year and if he jumps over 795, that will deny Jeff Henderson, the best jumper in the world this year, the chance to continue his quest for gold. Great moments here, the crowd goes all out. The Chinese are in second and third place behind Greg Rutherford. Lee can join them in the rough and that could be significant for a number of reasons, among them, he was able to land another three jumps and it looked like he had made his previous best 769. and if he has moved up to the top eight that is why the cameraman is focusing on jeff henderson if it is confirmed and i think it will be above eight meters henderson's quest for the gold will be over and greg rutherford will have another set of fingers in his quest for the gold what event is this turning out to be for China's Janan Wang in second place with eight eighteen giaos Geelong in third with eight fourteen what a competition and what a shock it would be for the Americans he knows he was better good Jilong Gao courtesy of his performance in the first round of 8 14 still in third place fabrice lapierre is in fourth place with eight ten it hasn't been a brilliant standard both americans gone jeff henderson and mike hartfield zhao being roared by the crowd which is absolutely huge but he got the red flag oh my god my pulses were racing there , the leaders 8 29 with Greg Rutherford, the Olympic champion, once again proving to be just as consistent, so Greg Rutherford was in the lead, courtesy of that second round jump of 8 29.

Both Americans are gone, is it he? To conclude this competition, oh, it's another great performance from the Olympic champion, he is so good at reaching the peak of him on the big occasion. He had a tough year in 2013 after winning the Olympic title on home soil, perfect on the board and last year in the space of two weeks. He showed brilliant maturity to become Commonwealth and European champion aiming to become the fifth Briton to hold all four major titles at the same time. Yes 8 41. he Extends the advantage of him. He is so good when it comes to important events. to answer we knew he was in good shape 8 34 and 8 32 from winning the Stockholm diamond league.

He is halfway there and that is the best performance of him in the main championship, so Janan Wang and Shilon Kyo are in second and third place. What can Gingy Lee produce here? jumps more than eight meters rutherford away from the rest of the field wang in second and zhao in third with eight eighteen and eight fourteen miles behind the british well i mean a wonderful performance for another football, it's terrible, so On the contrary, the qualifying standard was eight fifteen it is a bad competition only rutherford achieves something close to his best jump brilliant for his part and the chinese go brilliantly lee in fourth place his two compatriots wang and zhao in second and third now fabrice lapierre is approaching Following the form that took him to the world indoor title, can the Australian enter the mix?

That looks a little better 8 10 in the third round which had him in 5th place overall he was able to break some chinese hearts here wang and zhao were in second and third place with 8 18 and 8 14 with lee the other chinese athlete 810 giving away a little on the board Greg Rutherford's miles in front with 8 41. Can the Australian give himself a chance in what Rutherford is apart from a very low standard here is an opportunity taking into account the marks that are on the board to get a medal here without jumping a huge distance still waiting for that mark to be recorded, he was shaking his head, but that may well be at least as good as his 8-10, he just needs to find another eight. centimeters to be among the medals 8 20 and that is enough for second place wang stays third xiao is not off the podium but here we return to the long jump it is still getting exciting there fabrice lapierre got the silver medal with 8 20 was Trying to address Greg Rutherford's seemingly unsustainable and unassailable lead of 8 41 Has there been any improvement for the brilliant Australian seeing him return to the podium benefiting from the Americans collapse?

Remember that Jeff Henderson qualified at 836, which at this point would be good. enough for the silver medal but he only managed to produce 795 in the qualification so there were no three more jumps for the American 8 24 lapierre consolidates his second place janan wang is the only man who can deny greg rutherford the world title 8 18 in the second round is at least a bronze for Wang, which is a fantastic achievement. No Chinese has previously finished higher than seventh place. The junior world champion got a senior world championship medal, but no, what color was he looking for? 8 41. he would have been The best thing about his life is that he gets the white flag, but it is completely irrelevant.

Wang finishes as a bronze medalist at the world

championships

and is still a teenager miles away from the board. Everything was in pieces, but no matter, he can be justifiably proud of his bronze medal. lapierre 824 and greg rutherford, who had never been higher than fifth place at the world championships before brilliantly taking advantage of the American capitulation at the start of this final, is only the fifth Briton to hold the world and European Olympic titles at the same time 8 29 8 41 He is gaining a reputation as a fantastic fighter in major championships. They just asked him if he's going to take his last jump.

He's not interested. He has the union flag. Oh, he's a union vest. I ask your forgiveness. He's going to put it on. He is a good sportsman, he must now go down in history as one of the great British athletes in history, the Olympic champion, the Commonwealth champion, the European champion and now he completes the set, he is the world champion and rightly so, what a race this is turning out to be for greg rutherford that was absolutely fantastic the americans didn't deliver and once again rutherford took his opportunity in style oh wonderful and who would have believed that 34 year old Lapierre would come out ahead and for silver I think you would have had a very good chance In The Australians didn't expect that either, but taking into account that their best mark of the season was 8 16, but the level was so low that they only had to improve that by eight centimeters, at least they did it in the last two jumps, which which is good. competitive effort so Britain's three

athletics

gold medalistsIn london 2012 they have replicated their gold medal winning exploits here in

beijing

it was gold for jessica ennis it has been a goal for mo farah and now a goal for greg rutherford and what a performance by zhan and 18 year old wang is on the podium in china.

Greg Rutherford will be on every newspaper front page in Britain tomorrow and I imagine this guy will be quite prominent in the Chinese press tomorrow too. I'm sure Fabrice Lapierre. is somewhere celebrating rutherford the supreme artist of the major 8 41 championship which is one of his best jumps in history and a warm hug to fabrice lapierre who will be delighted to return to the world draw after a couple of difficult world champion of the indoor season in 2010, but he has fallen on hard times since then and the Australian athletics fraternity will be delighted to see him win a silver at the world championships.

I think people thought he would be there or on Rutherford after those big jumps. Stockholm in the diamond league, but with the Americans coming here with an 8 52 from Jeff Henderson, victory was far from guaranteed, but Rutherford has delivered in style once again, he is a really likeable character, he is actually a man quite modest. They built him a walkway in his back garden next to his father so he can continue training hard but spend some time with his young son Milo and he has a world championship title to win back Greg Rutherford completes the set Commonwealth Olympic champion and European champion Fabrice Lapierre Silver is now the world champion and Jan-Ann Wang, the Chinese teenager, collects the bronze