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triple jump
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triple jump
n.
A distance jump in track and field consisting of a hop landing on the take-off foot, a stride landing on the other foot, and a jump landing on both feet.
triple jump
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Athletics (Track & Field)) an athletic event in which the competitor has to perform successively a hop, a step, and a jump in continuous movement Also called hop, step, and jump
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Noun1.triple jump - an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movementtriple jump - an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement
hop-step-and-jump
athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics - a contest between athletes
Translations
triple jump n → salto triplo
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SCOT Jude Beimers is being hailed as a potential heir to Olympic triple-jump legend Jonathan Edwards.
Athletics: Scot's Jude chance of striking gold; YOUNG ATHLETE OF THE ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Moore missed the World Junior Championships in 2002 when he ruptured a patella while competing after expecting to be a strong contender for both the long and triple-jump titles at the event in Kingston, Jamaica.
Athletics: MOORE'S IN MOOD TO SLAY INJURY DEMONS by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Morpeth's Julia Straker, who later lifted the triple-jump title, finished in third place with 4.
Chris leaps into record books by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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