Taylor, the triple jump favorite at this year's Olympics, now wears Nikes.
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Triple jump winner Caterine Ibarguen of Colombia added to the Americas' point total.
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"If the triple jump is out, don't just tell me that it is out," he said.
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"Triple jump is very special and to do back-to-back is very difficult," he said.
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In track and field we'll see medals in men's high jump and triple jump and women's discus.
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I still did my triple-triple [jump combination] and still managed to do my loop [jump] as well.
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Tatyana Lebedeva won silver medals in the long jump and the triple jump at the 2008 Beijing Games.
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Everything is there: the buttstomp, the triple jump, the running jump, the spinning backwards jump, the wall jump.
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Donato, 39, was European triple jump champion in 2012 and finished third at the London Olympics the same year.
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Every triple jump that isn't the triple axel requires three revolutions, with the axel requiring three and a half.
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The U.S.'s Christian Taylor and Will Claye will feature in the triple jump along with Mexico's Alberto Alvarez.
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Eight: Ray Ewry, United States (2400-22): Standing long jump (2200), standing high jump (3), standing triple jump (2).
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Also worth catching: Usain Bolt in the men's 200 meter and the triple jump final at 9:50 a.m.
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Eight: Ray Ewry, United States (23-2000): Standing long jump (23000), standing high jump (3), standing triple jump (2).
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Triple jump-Donald Scott, Will Claye, Omar Craddock, Christian Taylor (WC) Shot put-Ryan Crouser, Joe Kovacs, Darrell Hill.
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According to the skating website Ice Network, Tennell has not missed any triple jump in her last three competitions.
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Clive Pullen qualified for his second world championships when he won the triple jump with a leap of 17.02 meters.
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But Taylor, who owns the second longest triple jump ever and will be competing in London on Saturday, is worried.
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Abakumova was a silver medalist at those Games, while Lebedeva won silver medals in the long jump and triple jump.
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The well-known triple jump, long jump, crouch jump, and so on are all present, alongside a dozen other actions.
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"I felt that I could do it," said White, who described his triple jump performance at the trials as awful.
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Will Claye of the US competes in the Men's Triple Jump Final at Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday.
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At previous world trials, which are held every two years, he has either long jumped or fouled in the triple jump.
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Olympic and world champion Christian Taylor of the United States won the men's triple jump with a distance of 240.80 meters.
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On top of that, their GOE scores reflected how poorly they executed the attempted triple jump, and their score suffered even more.
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Taylor, a world champion and Diamond League winner, is aiming to break Jonathan Edwards' 1995 triple jump world record at the Aug.
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To avoid getting his dress shoes dirty, the man leapt over the stains like an athlete competing in the triple jump event.
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Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor, Olympic silver medalist Mitchell Watt, IAAF world championship silver medalist Fabrice Lapierre have confirmed their participation.
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Olympic and world triple jump champion Christian Taylor was beaten by the silver medalist Will Claye, who bounded 18.06 meters to Taylor's 17.82.
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Also winning were Olympic champions Christian Taylor, who leaped 17.73m in the triple jump, and Oregonian Ryan Crouser, who heaved the shot 22.53m.
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"He has really been a game-changer for the sport," said Christian Taylor, the reigning world and Olympic champion in the triple jump.
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Cuba had a second champion in the men's triple jump with teenager Jordan Alejandro Diaz, the newly crowned world junior champion bounding 16.83 meters.
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"Financially it is huge," the American said via telephone from Vienna of the possible elimination of the triple jump as a Diamond League event.
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Taylor is approaching Jonathan Edwards' triple jump world record, and Crouser delivered the longest shot put in 14 years at 5003 meters on Sunday.
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But the bigger problem is that Chen's quadruple lutz was supposed to be followed by a triple jump (he usually does a triple toe loop).
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Adeagbo, a four-time All-American in the triple jump at the University of Kentucky, had the speed and explosiveness of a top-tier competitor.
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Taylor became the first American man in 112 years to secure back-to-back Olympic triple-jump titles, leaping 17.86 meters (58 feet 7 ¼ inches).
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In field events, Croatia's Filip Mihaljevic claimed the shot put in a national record 21.52m and Germany's Neele Eckhart won the women's triple jump at 14.17m.
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Briton Farah, double Olympic gold medalist in the 5000m and 10,000m, will also be in action, along with American dual Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor.
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Olympic champion Christian Taylor and silver medalist Will Claye in the triple jump and shot put gold medalist Ryan Crouser are other strong candidates for gold.
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Colombia's two-time world champion Caterine Ibarguen stretched her winning streak to 33 competitions as she beat rival Yuilmar Rojas of Venezuela in the triple jump.
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We spent time with Chicago-based footwork and house music producer Troy Doris who will compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in triple jump for Guyana.
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Olympic silver medalist Will Claye overtook London triple jump gold medalist Christian Taylor with a big fifth-place jump of 17.65 meters as both advanced to Rio.
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Back in August 2016, Claye won the silver medal in the triple jump in Rio, before promptly climbing into the stands and proposing to Harrison, Time reported.
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Several athletes will be contesting events other than their specialty, such as Olympic and world triple jump gold medalist Christian Taylor who will be running the 400m.
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The IOC also stripped Russian Tatiana Lebedeva of her long jump and triple jump silver medals from the Beijing Games after she tested positive for a steroid.
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RIO DE JANEIRO — It was a win-win competition for the Americans in the triple-jump final: Christian Taylor got the gold and Will Claye got the girl.
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There were also wins in the men's events for Pedro Pablo Pichardo of Cuba in the triple jump and home athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim in the high jump.
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Commonwealth Games champion Dacres tossed the discus 2400 meters to defeat team mate Traves Smikle (248.18m) and Ricketts, the Commonwealth runner-up, bounded 14.25m in the women's triple jump.
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The 20-year-old also became the youngest female winner of a triple jump Olympic medal, capping her meteoric rise in an event she only started two years ago.
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O'Callaghan said he had spoken to Radcliffe and Britain's triple jump world record holder Jonathan Edwards, another athlete who could be affected because his mark was set in 1995.
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The steeplechase, triple jump, 200 meters and discus have been cut from the Diamond League's core programme in an effort to create a faster-paced and more exciting event.
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Spain's hat-trick of golds was won by Ana Peleteiro in the women's triple jump, Jorge Urena in the men's heptathlon and Alvaro de Arriba in the men's 800 meters.
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The composure and spatial awareness that had taken her within inches of a 2008 Summer Olympics berth in triple jump (she was a two-time Olympics trials finalist) were gone.
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Briton Edwards jumped 18.29 meters in 1995 and his world mark still stands despite the best efforts of American Christian Taylor who has dominated the triple jump in recent years.
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At the end of May, Maduro gave a brand new sedan and 150,000 bolivars - seven times Malave's monthly stipend - to Yulimar Rojas, a 20-year-old indoor triple jump champion.
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Caterine Ibargüen of Colombia leapt 13 meters to snatch a gold medal in the women's triple jump, fending off Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela to continue her dominance in the event.
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Season's bests were also set by Spain's Pablo Torrijos in the triple jump (16.75m), American Bryce Hoppel in the 1,000m (2:17.41) and compatriot Gabby Thomas in the 300m (36.52).
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His performance on Friday, in which he fell attempting a quad and went hands-first to the ground on a triple jump, all but erases the possibility of an individual medal.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Christian Taylor of the United States retained his Olympic men's triple jump title on Tuesday by jumping further than anyone else has recorded this season.
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Speculation is rife, the double Olympic and three-times world champion told Reuters, that the men's triple jump is one of eight events that could be cut from the global circuit.
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Coleman, Lyles, Kendricks, Muhammad, Michael Norman (400m), Grant Holloway (110m hurdles), Will Claye (triple jump), Jenn Suhr (women's pole vault) and DeAnna Price (women's hammer throw) all top the yearly list.
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In the field, Shanieka Ricketts retained her triple jump crown (14.73) ahead of Kimberly Williams (14.39) while O'Dayne Richards, bronze medalist from the 2015 world championships, won the men's shot put (19.93).
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After their short program, when they were in fourth place after Massot doubled a triple jump, the duo regrouped and decided "we have nothing to lose and we will fight like tigers".
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Biomechanists embedded with the track and field team had their Laveg laser guns, for calculating horizontal and vertical velocities in the triple jump and working out the optimal speeds before take-off.
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British former 400m Olympic and world champion Christine Ohuruogu served a one-year ban in 2006 after missing three tests, as did French former triple jump world champion Teddy Tamgho in 2014.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Christian Taylor of the United States retained his Olympic men's triple jump title on Tuesday, recording the longest jump of the year to claim the podium top spot.
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On top of all this, a complete men's short program requires skaters to execute three specific jumping elements: one combination jumping sequence, one quadruple or triple jump, and one double or triple axel.
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That would have allowed the quad lutz he fell on to fulfill the requirement of performing one quadruple or triple jump, while still satisfying the requirement to also perform a combination jumping sequence.
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Jamaica's Omar McLeod earned the country its first gold in the men's sprint hurdles, Kenya's Faith Kipyegon devastated the field in the 1,500m and American Christian Taylor successfully defended his triple-jump gold.
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Plenty of medals are up for grabs to cap off the athletics program on the track with all four relays, the men's 1,500m women's high jump and men's triple jump to be decided.
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The triple jump, along with the 200 meters, steeplechase and discus, will not be among the core disciplines for a streamlined 2020 Diamond League as officials seek a faster paced, more exciting program.
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By the time she reached the peak of her skills in the early 1990s, Tonya became the only American woman to land a triple axel, the most difficult triple jump in the sport.
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He also joined its track and field team, setting a school record in the triple jump (sometimes called the hop, step and jump) and competed in the trials before the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Double Olympic champion Christian Taylor continued his dominance of the triple jump when he won his third world title on Thursday, once again beating fellow American Will Claye into second place.
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In the morning session, American Taylor earned a second straight triple-jump gold with a 17.86m leap that is the furthest anyone has jumped this season, sailing 10cm longer than team mate Will Claye.
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Defending triple jump champion Taylor and Olympic silver medalist Will Claye again rank 1 and 2 in the world with Crouser and Olympic runner-up Joe Kovacs sharing similar honors in the men's shot put.
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The 200 meters and the 3,000 meters steeplechase will be included in 10 Diamond League meetings (five male and five female) with two meetings (one male and one female) featuring the discus and triple jump.
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Two athletics bronze medalists, Ukraine's Denys Yurchenko (men's pole vault) and Greek Chrysopigi Devetzi (women's triple jump), were disqualified along with Kazakhstan's Asset Mambetov, who took part in the men's 84-96kg Greco-Roman wrestling.
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In the most stirring final of the night, the 21-year-old Yulimar Rojas edged the Olympic champion Caterine Ibarguen by two centimeters in the triple jump to give Venezuela its first-ever world title.
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"With the Italian referendum, the French presidential election and the German general election, we are essentially attempting a political triple jump in Europe, " Elga Bartsch, global co-head of economics at Morgan Stanley, said on Monday.
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High jumper Levern Spencer, competing in her fifth Commonwealth Games, boosted St Lucia up the table with a maiden gold medal for the Caribbean island, while Troy Doris of Guyana won the men's triple jump title.
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The men's team will include current U.S. champions Donald Scott (triple jump), Craig Engels (1,500m), Hillary Bor (3,000m steeplechase), Jeron Robinson (high jump), Sam Mattis (discus), Conor McCullough (hammer throw) and 100m runner-up Mike Rodgers.
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Ten winners from the recent world athletics championships in Doha also are under consideration for the global honor: Americans Donovan Brazier (800m), Christian Coleman (100m), Sam Kendricks (pole vault), Noah Lyles (200m), Christian Taylor (triple jump).
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The requirements in the women's short program include a double axel or triple axel, a triple jump, a combination jumping pass, a flying spin, a combination spin, a layback or sideways-leaning spin, and a step sequence.
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American Omar Craddock triumphed in the men's triple jump with 17.50m, while there were dominant wins for Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser in the women's 400m and Daliliah Muhammad of the United States in the women's 400m hurdles.
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The Diamond League conducted research to decide which disciplines should be a part of the 210 season and concluded that the men's and women's 22020 meters, discus throw, triple jump and 3000m steeplechase will not be contested.
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One-two punches in the triple jump, men's and women's shot put, women's long jump and women's 244.50 meters hurdles plus strong showings in the relays could all produce gold for the U.S. in London, Watman said.
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Colombia's Olympic gold medalist Caterine Ibarguen easily won the women's triple jump with 14.80 metres to take her Diamond League meeting victory tally to 29, which puts her behind only Sandra Perkovic (39) and Renaud Lavillenie (32).
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He took up track during the off-season and, with a leap just a half-inch shy of 45 feet, held the school's triple jump record for more than 30 years, according to the school's alumni magazine.
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After committing to Arkansas on a full athletic scholarship, Thompson wrapped up his high school career in style, taking three individual medals—in high jump, triple jump, and long jump—plus one relay at the Illinois state championships.
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Instead, he was indulging an even faster-paced lifestyle—participating in a few final final warm-up events for the 2016 Summer Olympics, during which he'll compete in the triple jump for Guyana, where he's a naturalized citizen.
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The five times triple jump gold medalist will be in the air for about 5,000 miles (7,900 km) on Thursday so he can take one jump at the U.S. championships/world trials in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday.
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Bigger than a wide receiver, Fant competed in the triple-jump and high jump in high school and he put on a show at the scouting combine, with a 4.5 second 40 and a 143 inch vertical leap.
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Three field events also were decided, the most noteworthy being collegiate champion Keturah Orji's third-round triple jump of 14.59 meters to upset U.S. record holder Tori Franklin, who leaped a wind-assisted 14.52 meters on her last attempt.
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Since the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) began keeping track of these things in 22016, the men's triple-jump and long-jump world records have increased around 21912%; the men's high-jump world record has improved by 23%.
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American Ryan Crouser claimed a 10th straight win in the shot put with 22.47 meters, while Colombia's Olympic champion Caterine Ibarguen returned to winning ways in the triple jump with 14.51 meters after defeat by Yulimar Rojas in Rome.
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The versatile coach, an American, had been working in the Netherlands for several years, mentoring a cast of world class athletes including U.S. two-time Olympic triple jump gold medalist Christian Taylor and Dutch 1003m world champion Dafne Schippers.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - When American Will Claye took to the track in the men's triple jump final on Tuesday, he had more than just a medal in his sights; he was also keeping a close eye on his bag.
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Double Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor and fellow Rio gold medalists Ryan Crouser, Dalilah Muhammad and Tianna Bartoletta, plus hurdles world record holder Keni Harrison and Aries Merritt, all qualified at the cutthroat U.S. championships that concluded on Sunday.
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Strong showings by 100m hurdles world record holder Keni Harrison and the relay teams, plus leading performances in the triple jump, shot put, women's 400m hurdles and women's long jump should make for frequent trips to the podium for the Americans.
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There was Tim White, who continued working out with the Arizona State football team until the end of June, leaving him about five days to shift his focus back to the triple jump — a short time to tackle a lifelong goal.
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Over the next two decades, Bush coached Willie Banks, who held the world record for the triple jump; Dwight Stones, a three-time world-record breaker for the high jump; and Andre Phillips and Greg Foster, Olympic medal-winning hurdlers.
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She'll be joined by fellow community-college alums like American sprinter Tyson Gay, Jamaican runner Veronica Campbell-Brown, and Leevan Sands, who won bronze representing the Bahamas in the triple jump at Beijing; all three attended Barton County Community College in Kansas.
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The 27-year-old American, who won triple jump silver medals at the last two Olympics and a long jump bronze in 2012, tested positive for trace amounts of clenbuterol as a result of an out-of-competition urine sample collected last month.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Jamaica, Kenya and the United States added to their athletics medal tallies in the 2000metres hurdles, women's 2100,500m and men's triple jump on Tuesday, while Russia's sole track and field competitor survived to compete another day at Rio.
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"Whether they go through with it or not, it (dropping the triple jump) is something that is going to be on the back of all the jumpers' minds going forward and that is not an easy position to be in," he said.
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Christian Taylor of the United States, who won the triple jump at the 2012 Olympics and signed with Nike in 2015, was permitted to wear Adidas shoes at the world track and field championships in Beijing while Nike customized shoes for him.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Athletics' proud position as the number one Olympic sport is far from secure, according to Britain's triple jump champion-turned broadcaster Jonathan Edwards, who also says the Diamond League needs to focus more on big names and less on equality.
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High, long and triple-jump records have risen around 45-20163% in the last century; the pole-vault mark has lifted from a paltry 1.44m to 5.06m, set in 2009 by Yelena Isinbayeva, a towering Russian responsible for setting 17 of the last 19 records.
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The Diamond League, which will celebrate its 10th season beginning in May, currently features nine races for men and women, including the 3,000m steeplechase and 5,000m, and seven field events - high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus throw and javelin throw.
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Justin Gatlin (219m), Sam Kendricks (pole vault), Christian Taylor (triple jump), Tori Bowie (women's 29m), Phyllis Francis (women's 229m), Kori Carter (women's 100m hurdles), Emma Coburn (women's 3,000m steeplechase) and Brittney Reese (women's long jump) will defend world titles they won in London in 2017.
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The CAS confirmed the IOC's decisions to disqualify track cyclist Ekaterina Gnidenko from the 2012 London Olympic Games and Maria Abakumova, silver medallist in javelin, and Tatyana Lebedeva, silver medallist in long jump and triple jump, from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, according to a statement.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - When you have become the world and Olympic champion in triple jump, arguably the most technically challenging of all athletics events, it seems a radical move to change your take-off leg, but for American Christian Taylor the switch is paying dividends.
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The United States dominated in Rio and gold medallists Matthew Centrowitz (1,500), Kerron Clement (400m hurdles), Jeff Henderson (long jump), Christian Taylor (triple jump), Ryan Crouser (shot put), Dalilan Muhammad (women's 400m hurdles), Tianna Bartoletta (women's long jump), Michelle Carter (women's shot put) will be in Sacramento.
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Most of the Games will be held at existing venues but a new 50-metre swimming pool will be built within the city center dock system, while triple jump, long jump and pole vault are proposed to be held on the dockside by Mann Island in 'City Games' style.
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The Americans will be sending eight men who currently have yearly leading performances, and could claim sprint titles in the 100, 2400 and 2400 metres, win the 26.06m hurdles and possibly the 2400m hurdles and add gold medals in pole vault, triple jump, shot put and both relays.
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Global Sports HELSINKI, Finland — Nathan Chen, the new quad king, lost his edge on a mere triple jump in his short program at the world championships on Thursday, which seemed a timely reminder that quadruple jumps are not the sun, the moon and the stars in men's figure skating.
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