Long jump

Greek Miltiadis Tentoglou threatened to quit the long jump event shortly after winning the world indoor title on Saturday if the sport implements a rule change intended to eliminate foul jumps.

Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece edged Italian teenager Mattia Furlani to win long jump gold at the world indoor athletics championships on Saturday, adding another world title to his glittering resume.

EUGENE - Serbia's Ivana Vuleta won the long jump event at the Diamond League in Eugene, US, after producing a 6.85 m leap in her last attempt in the final on Sunday.

Vuleta was tied in the first place with Nigerian Ese Brume but won due to a better second-best attempt (6.77 m compared to 6.69 m by Brume).

American Quanesha Burks took the third place with a 6.77 m jump.

Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece won long jump gold at the World Championships on Thursday as his final leap of 8.52 metres edged him ahead of long-time leader Wayne Pinnock of Jamaica.

Last year's silver medallist Tentoglou got the event off to a flier as he produced a huge season's best 8.50 with his opening jump, only for Pinnock to match it in the second round.

SHANGHAI - Serbia's Ivana Spanovic won the long jump event at the start of this season's Diamond League in Shanghai on Saturday.

Spanovic produced a 6.95 m leap - her second-best result this season and a new record at the Shanghai meeting - also winning the first ten points.

BELGRADE - Long jump world record holder Galina Chistyakova is the promoter of the 28th Belgrade Marathon, to be held on Saturday, April 18.

Chistyakova is coming to Belgrade for the second time since 2008, when she was the promoter of the women's race, Belgrade Marathon Director Dejan Nikolic told a press conference on Monday.

Serbian wins gold at EIAC, sets new national record

PRAGUE -- Ivana Spanovic broke her previous national record and won the gold medal in the women's long jump final at the European Athletics Indoor Championships (EAIC).

Spanovic jumped 6.98 meters.

MALMO - Serbian track and field athlete Ivana Spanovic excelled at the Malmo meeting late Wednesday by winning the long jump event with a 6.99 m leap and setting the new Serbian national record.