Sosunov Jumps 8,10 m

The first outstanding performance of the Russian Indoor Military
Championships, which commenced in Moscow, came from the 1998 European
Champion Kirill Sosunov, who managed an 8,10 leap in his third attempt in
the long jump. This effort was the second best jump in Russia this season
(surpassed only by Vitaliy Shkurlatov), and, more importantly, met the IAAF
World Indoor Championships qualification standard, thus granting Sosunov - a
silver medalist at Nationals - a de-facto ticket to Budapest.

Russian Indoor Military Championships

Moscow, Feb 21

Long Jump
1. Sosunov Kirill 8,10
2. Gataullin Ruslan 7,79
3. Mironov Dmitriy 7,24
4. Kruglyakov Aleksey 7,21
5. Kolosov Dmitriy 7,06
6. Savelyev Denis 7,03