The women's

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at the

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was held at the

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on 9 and 11 August.

Summary

In 2016,

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was notable as the only Russian athlete allowed to participate in the Olympic track and field schedule, finishing 9th. Here as an

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, she made her mark on the athletic field taking the early lead with a 6.78 metre jump in the first round. Later in the round

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pulled close with her 6.75 metres. With her 6.96 metres,

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jumped into the lead near the beginning of the second round. Klishina followed with an improvement to 6.88 metres. Near the end of the third round, Reese hit her 7.02 metres which turned out to be the winner. Reese didn't hit another fair jump, but didn't need to. Klishina improved in the fourth round but didn't change her place until her 7.00 metres in the fifth round put her into silver. On her final attempt, defending champion and Olympic champion Tianna Bartoletta moved from fifth to third with a 6.97 metre jump. Klishina joined

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as the second medalist of the Authorised Neutral Athletes, both silver. Reese became the second athlete after

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to win a World Championship in the same event four times.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: No records were set at the competition.

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 6.75 metres.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 9 August, in two groups, both starting at 19:10. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 6.70 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows: In rainy conditions, no athlete was able to make the automatic qualifying mark.

Final

The final took place on 11 August at 19:10. The start list was as follows:

References

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Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

Long jump at the World Athletics Championships 2017 in women's athletics