Olympic champion and two-time outdoor world champion wins her seventh national indoor title in a row. Mihambo increased her previous annual best performance by almost 30 centimeters and is back among the world's best after tearing her muscle fiber.
Only the American Tara Davis-Woodhall, who managed 7.18 meters at the US Championships at the weekend, jumped further thanMihambo this indoor season. Simon Batz from Mannheim won the men's long jump. The defending champion was the only starter to break the eight-meter mark.