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We interviewed Filip Dittrich, director of the Open category. We asked how he perceived his work in the new position a year ago and what we can look forward to during upcoming meeting edition. Filip is still a successful triple jumper who is not going to hang up his spikes just yet. How do you…
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Some events allow competitors to pick a song of their choice to cheer them up during their attempts. We want the athletes to feel as good as possible with us, so from the very beginning JBL Jump Fest has been one of such athletic meetings. JBL jump fest open category is unique Song of a…
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video: meeting record by radek juška
14.03.2024Enjoy Radek Juška’s record attempt in our latest video on TikTok. In 2023, the Czech record holder surpassed his own meeting record by 3 centimeters. The new record value is 796 cm. -
JBL Jump Fest Academy with Henk Kraaijenhof
04.05.2023Are you ready for the launch of JBL Jump Fest Academy? We are adding brand new educational program to our meeting. Our first host will be coaching legend Henk Kraaijenhof. We can’t wait for the packed certified course on the topic “Testing and training for explosive strength in sprinting and jumping”. Where? UPJŠ University and JBL… -
Travel and accommodation tips
03.05.2023These tips should help you to get to our meeting quickly and safely and have a pleasant stay in our city. Košice is the 2nd largest city in Slovakia and it has almost 250K inhabitants. Each year our city hosts second oldest marathon in the world. Kosice Peace Marathon with 12K runners cruising around the city center… -
Just a year ago we launched the JBL Jump Fest Open project, which is actually a pre-program of the main competition. 40 athletes from 15 countries came to Košice in 2022. It was pretty clear that the Open category has potential. Newly the project has a new director Filip Dittrich, the 2-time U23 Czech champion…