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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There was also a championship record in the triple jump, when Jordan Diaz of Spain leaped 18.18 to improve on Jonathan Edwards’ mark of 17.99 from more than a quarter century ago.
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Andrew Dampf, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024
And that was enough to send Scott into triple jump history.
—Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2024
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
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Andrew Dampf, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024
And that was enough to send Scott into triple jump history.
—Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2024
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
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“Triple jump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triple%20jump. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
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