Sorry for the delayed response. I watched the women’s LJ

very closely last night as Tara Davis is from here and one of my fellow track coaches at the HJ I coach at coached her for years.

In regard to your question, everyone has a different approach. Some start behind their actual mark with more of a jog and then speed up when they hit their mark, while others start at their mark and go all out from there. It’s personal preference. This is the same for high jump.

I disagree that the jumps should be averaged. That said, the fouls can be a problem in the event of a tie. In the event of a tie, the tie breaker goes to who had the next best attempt and so on. If someone fouls on their other attempts, they would obviously lose in the tie breaker.