Triple Jump Definition

noun
A track-and-field event in which each contestant, after a running start, makes three consecutive jumps for total distance, landing after the first on the same foot used in the takeoff, after the second on the opposite foot, and after the third on both feet.
Webster's New World

An athletics field event where one has to travel as far as possible after taking one hop, a step, then a jump.

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Synonyms:
  • hop-step-and-jump

Triple Jump Sentence Examples

  • If two of our girls hadn't put themselves forward for the standing triple jump Hertfordshire might not have won.

  • Foster also provided fourth-place points in the triple jump before ending a productive day in the winning effort of the sprint relay quartet.

  • A shortlist of six contenders also included boxer Lennox Lewis, tennis player Tim Henman and world triple jump champion Jonathan Edwards.

  • She also competed in the triple jump coming 4th with a distance of - 7m 18.

  • If two of our girls had n't put themselves forward for the standing triple jump Hertfordshire might not have won.

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