  the triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump. the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit. the triple jump was inspired by the ancient olympic games and has been a modern olympics event since the games' inception in 1896. according to iaaf rules, "the hop shall be made so that an athlete lands first on the same foot as that from which he has taken off; in the step he shall land on the other foot, from which, subsequently, the jump is performed."  the current male and female world record holders are jonathan edwards of great britain, with a jump of , and inessa kravets of ukraine, with a jump of . both records were set during 1995 world championships in gothenburg. ==history== historical sources on the ancient olympic games occasionally mention jumps of 15 meters or more. this led sports historians to conclude that these must have been a series of jumps, thus providing the basis for the triple jump.rosenbaum, mike (2012). an illustrated history of the triple jump. retrieved from http://trackandfield.about.com/od/triplejump/ss/illustriplejump.htm. however, there is no evidence for the triple jump being included in the ancient olympic games, and it is possible that the recorded extraordinary distances are due to artistic license of the authors of victory poems, rather than attempts to report accurate results.koski, rissanen & tahvanainen (2004). antiikin urheilu. olympian kentiltÃ¤ rooman areenoille. [the sports of antiquity. from the fields of olympia to roman arenas.] jyvÃ¤skylÃ¤: atena kustannus oy. isbn 951-796-341-6 the triple jump was a part of the inaugural modern olympics in athens, although at the time it consisted of two hops on the same foot and then a jump. in fact, the first modern olympic champion, james connolly, was a triple jumper. early olympics also included the [[standing tri
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