World Athletics long jump plans will not solve the problem. Here is a better idea | Sean Ingle

A take-off zone, called an 'April Fool's joke' by Carl Lewis, is a bad idea. But we need more jeopardy. Why not make it a knockout? Even at 55 years' distance, Bob Beamon's gravity-defying leap at the 1968 Olympics takes the breath away. I watched it again after World Athletics floated plans to scrap the long jump board in favour of a large "take-off zone" to eliminate fouls, and it remains six seconds of sporting perfection. Those 19 rhythmic strides down the runway, the board hit with millimet...