CNN —A proposed format change could shake-up the long jump at major track and field competitions, but will the idea take flight? That’s the big question for those involved in athletics right now, notably nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis. The new format, which has been put forward by World Athletics chief executive Jon Ridgeon, could see athletes jump from a take-off zone, rather than a take-off board, essentially doing away with foul jumps. “The long jump is the most difficult event in track and field,” Lewis said in a separate post. Judges inspect the take-off board at the 2012 London Olympics.

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Persons: Carl Lewis, Jon Ridgeon, ” Ridgeon, ”, Sawyers, Andrej Isakovic, we’ll, “ You’re, ” Lewis, Lewis, Jazmin Sawyers, Franck Fife, ” Sawyers, you’ve, Ivana Španović, Tim Hutchings, ” Hutchings, ’ ” Organizations: CNN, World Athletics, Getty, ’ ” CNN, Athletics Locations: Budapest, AFP, British, European, Serbian