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The approach speed is widely recognized as key determinant of jump distance. The specific kinematic characteristics which distinguish closely matched high-level athletes under real competition conditions remain unclear. Thus, this study was intended for the identification of key kinematic characteristics associated with take-off performance in elite and sub-elite male long jumpers using competition-based two-dimensional motion analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Twenty-four male long jumpers who performed valid jumps in national-level outdoor competitions were analyzed. The athletes were divided into elite (8.00\u20138.20 m; n=11) and sub-elite (7.80\u20137.99m; n=13) groups. High-speed video recordings (100\u00a0Hz) was used for quantification of late-approach spatiotemporal parameters of penultimate and last strides, center-of-mass (COM) velocity components at touchdown and take-off. In addition, velocity utilization ratio (\u03a3TO\/\u03a3TD), and sagittal-plane hip, knee, and ankle joint angles at touchdown (TD), maximum braking (MB), and take-off (TO) were also recorded. Between-group differences were examined using independent-samples tests with Cohen\u2019s d effect sizes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Elite jumpers demonstrated significantly greater horizontal velocity at take-off than sub-elite athletes (8.63 \u00b1 0.68 vs. 7.77 \u00b1 0.91 m\u00b7s\n                      <jats:sup>-<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u00b9;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.018;\n                      <jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a01.05). Resultant take-off velocity and velocity utilization ratio showed moderate-to-large effect sizes but were not statistically significant (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.055\u20130.057). No significant differences were observed in stride parameters or sagittal-plane joint angles.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Elite long jump performance appears primarily associated with the ability to preserve higher horizontal velocity during take-off, rather than differences in take-off technique. 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