Triple jump

A track-and-field event in which athletes perform a hop, a step, and a jump into a sandpit, in that order. The longest valid distance from the take-off board to the landing mark wins.

Hop, step, and jump: The triple jump’s three consecutive phases, performed on the same take-off leg, opposite leg, then both legs. This sequence defines the event and determines how athletes distribute speed across its phases.
Sprint: A short-distance race run at or near maximum speed. The approach run builds the speed that the athlete must preserve through take-off.
Ancient Olympic Games: A series of athletic and religious festivals held at Olympia in ancient Greece. Later accounts of repeated jumps at ancient games became associated with the event’s distant precedents.
Jonathan Edwards: A British triple jumper who set the men’s world record of 18.29 metres in 1995. His record remains the benchmark for men’s triple jump performance.
High jump: A field event in which athletes clear a raised horizontal bar without dislodging it. It tests vertical clearance rather than a sequence of horizontal jumps.
Triple jump take-off board: The board marking the legal point from which a triple jumper begins the hop phase. A foul occurs when the athlete takes off beyond its foul line.
Take-off: The act of leaving the ground by applying force through the legs. Each phase depends on controlled take-offs without losing too much horizontal speed.
Modern Olympic Games: An international multisport competition revived in 1896 and held periodically since. The triple jump has featured in the modern Olympics since the first edition; the women’s event began in 1996.
Yulimar Rojas: A Venezuelan triple jumper who set the women’s world record of 15.74 metres in 2022. Her world record demonstrates the event’s continued progression.
Pole vault: A field event in which athletes use a flexible pole to clear a high bar. Its defining implement and vertical objective differ sharply from the triple jump.

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