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The women's triple jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1996.. Reigning Olympic gold medallist, world record holder and seven-time world champion Yulimar Rojas was absent from the event after undergoing surgery to repair an achilles injury incurred during a training session in Spain in April 2024.
For the men's triple jump event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 17.22 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [4] [5]
Shanieka Ricketts (born 2 February 1992) is a Jamaican athlete whose specialty is the triple jump. [3] She won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in Doha and at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas tore her left Achilles tendon and said Friday she will miss this year's Paris Games. “My heart is broken, and I want to apologize for not been able to ...
Shortly after acquiring Spanish citizenship in 2022, Díaz beat the country's triple jump record. [5] World Athletics declared Díaz eligible to represent Spain starting on 7 June 2024, [6] just in time to compete in the 2024 European Athletics Championships, where he won gold with a best jump of 18.18 m which put him third in the world all ...
Jasmine Moore (born May 1, 2001) is an American athlete. [1] She won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in both the long jump and the triple jump event. In 2022, she became the first American woman to qualify for the World Athletics Championships in both the long jump and the triple jump.
Thea Noeliva LaFond (born April 5, 1994) is a Dominican-American track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump.At the 2024 Summer Olympics, she won gold in the triple jump to claim the first-ever Olympic medal for Dominica.
Tom Cruise jumped off the roof of the Stade de France in Paris for free to close out the 2024 Olympic games.