London Diaries, Day 6: Brittney Reese Wins the Long Jump!, by Larry Eder

Brittney Reese, gold medal, Long Jump, by PhotoRun.net

Two jumps and four fouls, and Brittney Reese takes gold in London! Here is how she won the biggest meet of her life! Elena Sokolova scored a PB to take the silver and Janay DeLoach, on her fifth jump, took the bronze!

Elena Sokolova, Russia, silver medal, long jump,

by PhotoRun.net

Brittney Reese is a long jump goddess now. After winning the World Champs in

2009 and 2011, indoors and outdoors, Brittney needed one more medal to add

to the resume. A former basketball player, Brittney loves jumping and gives her

jumping a bit of a basketball attitude. I love watching Brittney jump. She is the

best clutch jumper I have ever seen.

Two legal jumps, her second was 7.12m and her fifth was 6.69m. She won off

her second round jump.

Elena Sokolova, the Russian jump goddess, had a strong series: 6.80m, 7.07m,

6.84m, 6.93m, 6.78m and 6.79m. Her second jump, in 7.07, gave her the silver.

Janay DeLoach was fighting all night long for that bronze medal. Ineta Radevica

had jumped 6.88m on her first jump, leading until round two. Then, she lost

the bronze medal by .01 with DeLoach’s fifth jump in 6.89m.

Anna Nazarova was fifth in 6.77m and Lyudmila Kolchanova, also of Russia,

was sixth in 6.76m.

Janay DeLoach, bronze medalist, Long Jump, by PhotoRun.net

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The XXX Olympic Games
London (GBR) – Wednesday, Aug 08, 2012
Long Jump – W FINAL

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08 August 2012 – 20:05

Position	Bib	Athlete	Country	Mark	Wind	.
1	3312	Brittney Reese	USA	7.12	(0.8)	.
2	2897	Elena Sokolova	RUS	7.07	(0.5)	(PB)
3	3284	Janay DeLoach	USA	6.89	(0.2)	.
4	2407	Ineta Radevica	LAT	6.88	(1.2)	(SB)
5	2882	Anna Nazarova	RUS	6.77	(0.5)	.
6	2869	Lyudmila Kolchanova	RUS	6.76	(0.0)	.
7	1191	Nastassia Mironchyk – Ivanova	BLR	6.72	(0.0)	.
8	1784	Ã‰loyse Lesueur	FRA	6.67	(-0.2)	.
9	1873	Shara Proctor	GBR	6.55	(0.2)	.
10	1197	Veronika Shutkova	BLR	6.54	(1.4)	.
11	2957	Ivana Å panovic	SRB	6.35	(0.9)	.
.	3095	Karin Mey Melis	TUR	DNS	.

Athlete	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Brittney Reese	X	7.12 (0.8)	X	X	6.69 (0.7)	X
Elena Sokolova	6.80 (1.3)	7.07 (0.5)	6.84 (0.4)	6.93 (0.5)	6.78 (0.4)	6.79 (0.7)
Janay DeLoach	6.77 (0.3)	X	6.71 (0.6)	6.74 (-0.7)	6.89 (0.2)	X
Ineta Radevica	6.88 (1.2)	6.77 (0.4)	6.74 (0.2)	X	X	6.79 (0.1)
Anna Nazarova	X	6.77 (0.5)	X	6.56 (0.1)	6.45 (0.5)	6.62 (-0.4)
Lyudmila Kolchanova	X	X	6.76 (0.0)	6.44 (0.3)	X	5.97 (-0.1)
Nastassia Mironchyk – Ivanova	6.61 (0.3)	6.62 (0.4)	6.54 (0.4)	6.72 (0.0)	X	4.55 (0.0)
Ã‰loyse Lesueur	6.57 (0.8)	X	X	X	6.67 (-0.2)	X
Shara Proctor	6.55 (0.2)	X	6.37 (1.0)
Veronika Shutkova	6.37 (0.8)	6.54 (1.4)	6.53 (-0.7)
Ivana Å panovic	4.29 (0.1)	6.33 (0.6)	6.35 (0.9)
Karin Mey Melis

Author

Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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