In 2012 Will Claye won the gold medal. And Christian Taylor was competing.
Alas, not the 2012 London Olympics but the 2012 World Indoors in Istanbul.
Otherwise the man from Uniondale, New York always wins the Big One.
Doha was no exception. Will had to accept 2nd. place once again. And it
is not as if Will the man from Tucson is second rate ! He leapt 18.14m
in June 2019, four months before the World Championships. The third
longest in triple jump history. Taylor jumped 17.86m just before his 17.92m.
Thats life.
2019 World Athletics Championships Doha, Qatar.
Final Men's triple jump.
| 1. |
Christian Taylor
|
United States |
17.92
|
SB
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| 2. |
Will Claye |
United States |
17.74 |
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| 3. |
Hugues Fabrice Zango |
Burkina Faso |
17.66 |
AR |
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| 4. |
Pedro Pablo Pichardo |
Portuga |
17.62 |
SB |
|
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| 5. |
Cristian Nápoles |
Cuba |
17.38 |
PB |
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| 6. |
Donald Scott |
United States |
17.17 |
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| 7. |
Alexis Copello |
Azerbaijan |
17.10 |
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| 8. |
Jordan Díaz |
Cuba |
17.06 |
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2020 Olympic Games Tokyo.
Final Men's triple jump.
| 1. |
Pedro Pablo Pichardo
|
Portugal |
17.98
|
NR
|
|
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| 2. |
Zhu Yaming
|
China
|
17.57
|
PB
|
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| 3. |
Hugues Fabrice Zango
|
Burkina Faso
|
17.47
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|
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| 4. |
Will Claye |
United States |
17.44
|
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| 5. |
Yasser Triki
|
Algeria
|
17.43
|
NR
|
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| 6. |
Necati Er
|
Turkey |
17.25
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7.
|
Donald Scott
|
United States
|
17.18
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| 8. |
Fang Yaoqing
|
China
|
17.01
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