Crowned world long jump champion in London last week, Luvo Manyonga has had his sights set on the world record for quite some time now. Manyonga followed in the footsteps of national record-holder Khotso Mokoena to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games. South African Luvo Manyonga has won all five head-to-heads with American Jeff Henderson since Henderson edged him by one centimeter for gold in Rio, according to Tilastopaja.org. Height (or rather altitude) is certainly going to … Sign up to our news and offers. Crowned world long jump champion in London last week, Luvo Manyonga, has had his sights set on the world record for quite some time now and maybe on Wednesday in France he’ll help South African athletics to yet another high. Thanks to a massive final round leap of 8.61m, South African in-form long jumper Luvo Manyonga improved the Diamond League record by seven centimetres to highlight the field events action at the 2017 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai meeting on Saturday (13). Luvo Manyonga continues to demonstrate that, when it comes to men’s long jumping, he is human dynamite. Watch Simbine carefully when he’s setting up at the starting block. Manyonga leaped to gold in the men's long jump at the IAAF World Championships with a jump of 8.48m.

Compatriot Ruswahl Samaai took the bronze in 8.22m. That’s the mentality. He was born on January 8, 1991 in Paarl. Seniors with not only years but inches of height on the prodigy struggled to match his distances. The world was spinning in slow motion as a stadium of eyes turned to the scoreboard. Related: From Addict To Olympian: The Luvo Manyonga Story. National hero: Luvo Manyonga. But … The long jump world champion will be strutting his stuff at an altitude of 3 032m above sea level … in the Alps!
South African Luvo Manyonga has won all five head-to-heads with American Jeff Henderson since Henderson edged him by one centimeter for gold in Rio, according to Tilastopaja.org. What a games our boys are having! Sign up to our news and offers. Height: 176cm Weight 74kg. In the picture is the specially-built competition area for the world record attempt. On TRENDCELEBSNOW.COM, He is one of the successful Athletics Competitor. South Africa's Luvo Manyonga competes in the athletics men's long jump final during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games at the Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast on April 11, 2018. Biography Luvo Manyonga is best known as a Athletics Competitor.

I consent that the Eurosport family of companies may provide me with news and marketing information about their products and services. Luvo Manyonga has just won gold in the Men’s Long Jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games with a jump of 8.41m, setting a Games record. Crowned world long jump champion in London last week, Luvo Manyonga, has had his sights set on the world record for quite some time now and maybe on Wednesday in France he’ll help South African athletics to yet another high. Shoulder + core work. A centimetre. Manyonga improved Khotso Mokoena’s national and continental record he set in Madrid in July 2009 by 12 centimetres.

Luvo Manyonga, photo by John McGrath RunBlogRun opines: Luvo Manyonga, the silver medalist from Rio wants to give the Long Jump world a message.