Track Athletics in Detail (extract)

THE RUNNING BROAD JUMP 67 Instantaneous photographs of R. J. Lyons of the wind or of the track will be such that these marks will have to be slightly altered; and every athlete should be careful to examine the runway before his event is called, so as to be able to fix the points that he must depend upon for his success. The position for the start of the broad jump is the same as that assumed by middle-distance and long-distance runners, and is illustrated by the first picture of the series on page 66. The jump­ ing foot, in this case the right foot, is on the start­ ing-mark, with the other slightly in advance. The sprinter starts down the track, measuring his strides carefullyso as to come properly upon the first mark, and then he sprints at his greatest speed down the cinder-