Christian Taylor won the men's triple jump in Rio with his first leap
as indeed did the other two medalists, Claye and Bin. Taylor was
retaining his Olympic title of course and adding that gold medal to
the two won at the 2011 and 2015 World Championships.
2016 Olympic Games. Rio de Janeiro.
Men's triple jump final.
| 1. |
Christian Taylor
|
United States
|
17.86
|
SB
|
| 2. |
Will Claye |
United States |
17.76
|
PB
|
| 3. |
Dong Bin |
China
|
17.58
|
PB
|
| 4. |
Cao Shuo |
China
|
17.13 |
SB
|
| 5. |
Jhon Murillo |
Colombia
|
17.09
|
|
| 6. |
Nelson Évora
|
Portugal
|
17.03
|
SB
|
| 7. |
Troy Doris |
Guyana
|
16.90
|
|
| 8. |
Lázaro Martínez |
Cuba
|
16.68 |
|
Christian Taylor.