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Texas cat Oscar leaps into Guinness World Record with longest jump

A Texas cat recently earned a Guinness World Record by leaping a distance of 8 feet and 5 inches, the record for the longest jump by a cat. Oscar, a seven-year-old rescue cat from Dallas, had some ...
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Saladino records longest jump for 14 years

HENGELO, Netherlands (Reuters) - World champion Irving Saladino recorded the best long jump for 14 years on Saturday with a 8.73 meters leap at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games. Sign up here. Saladino's ...
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Jonathan Edwards holds one of track and field’s longest-standing records. His jump still ‘brings a smile’ 30 years on

(CNN) — Arriving in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, triple jumper Jonathan Edwards made an unlikely purchase in duty free. He decided to pick up a pair of sunglasses – not for sunning himself on the ...
Reuters

Italy's Furlani, 20, leaps to world long jump gold

TOKYO, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Italy’s Mattia Furlani underlined his status as the coming man in long jump when he won the world title with a personal best leap of 8.39 metres on Wednesday, as big ...