Overview

• Miltiadis Tentoglou, the reigning Olympic and world champion, won the world indoor long jump title in Glasgow, sharing a tiebreak victory with Italian Mattia Furlani.
• Tentoglou expressed his intention to switch to triple jump if World Athletics implements a rule change aimed at eliminating foul jumps by introducing a take-off zone.
• The proposed rule change is designed to make the long jump more appealing to fans by reducing the number of foul jumps, which accounted for one-third of all attempts at the 2023 world championships.
• World Athletics President Sebastian Coe emphasized the need for sports to evolve in response to changing viewer and sponsor interests.
• Italian Mattia Furlani, who secured his first global medal with a silver, and Jamaican Carey McLeod, who won bronze, also participated in the closely contested event.