triple jump

noun

: a jump for distance in track-and-field athletics usually from a running start and combining a hop, a stride, and a jump in succession
triple jumper noun

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Other finals are the men’s 400 hurdles, women’s 400, women’s 10,000 meters, women’s shot put, men’s triple jump and women’s heptathlon. John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024 In the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, winners received an olive branch and a silver medal, an award which was first accepted by triple jump champion James B. Connolly of Massachusetts. Ben Morse, CNN, 16 July 2024 So cute! 10 Jasmine Moore and Joseph Fahnbulleh Moore, who represented the U.S. and won two bronze models in the triple jump and the long jump, is boo’d up with Liberian sprinter Joseph Fahnbulleh. Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 12 Aug. 2024 Thomas started locking in on track and field her junior year of high school in Massachusetts; Harvard recruited her to run in the 100 m, 200 m, and do the long jump and triple jump. Thomas’ Victory Gives The Americans Five Golds In The Sport: No Other Country Has More Than Two Golds., TIME, 6 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for triple jump 

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of triple jump was in 1964

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“Triple jump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triple%20jump. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

triple jump

noun
: a track-and-field event in which competitors make three jumps in a row after a running start

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