Triple jump

De triple jump, dem sometimes refer to as de hop, step and jump anaa de hop, skip and jump, be a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, dem dey refer de two events to as de "horizontal jumps". De competitor dey run down de track den dey perform a hop, a bound den then a jump into de sand pit. Na de triple jump be inspired by accounts of lengthy jumps at de ancient Olympic Games wey na e be a modern Olympics event since de Games dema inception insyd 1896.

According to World Athletics 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."

 References 

 External links 

IAAF triple jump homepage
IAAF list of triple-jump records in XML


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