61.   Among world record holders and Olympic medalists who withdrew Saturday were long jumper Jonathan Edwards of Britain and Svetlana Masterkova of Russia.

62.   Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates said Friday he will apologize to the United States team over racial slurs by Australian long jumper Jai Taurima.

63.   Both admit they bring out the best in each other, that their confrontations have more meaning than a meeting against other less-talented long jumpers.

64.   Brandon hit a long jumper with just under four minutes to play in the half, giving the Timberwolves their first lead of the game.

65.   But Robinson missed a long jumper, Blanchard rebounded and got the ball to Avery Queen, who lost the ball in the lane under defensive pressure from Tate.

66.   Duncan answered with a long jumper, and the Spurs built their lead back to seven points.

67.   Early the next season, Jordan stole an inbounds pass and hit a long jumper at the buzzer to tie a game against Tulane.

68.   Even disregarding his disputed mark, Pedroso has been the best long jumper in the world this year.

69.   German long jumper Susen Tiedtke-Green plans to return to international competition next week following a two-year suspension for drug abuse.

70.   George has previously competed as a sprinter and long jumper and only switched to the pole vault a year ago.