Taylor and Claye go 1-2!!


Christian Taylor and US Teammate Will Claye had a showdown in the men's triple jump final today that came down to the final jumps in competition. Taylor, the 2011 World Champion had a season's best of 17.81.  Claye, the 2012 World Indoor gold medalist followed his teammate for a great 1-2 finish. Claye jumped a 17.62, his outdoor personal best.  Bronze was awarded to Fabrizio Donato of Italy with a distance of 17.48, the first Olympic medal for the fourth place finisher at 2012 World Indoor Championships. 

Rk	Bib	Athlete	Mark(m)		Wind (m/s)	+
1	3256	TAYLOR Christian	17.81	SB	+0.6	+
2	3211	CLAYE Will	17.62		+0.6	+
3	2132	DONATO Fabrizio	17.48		+0.6	+
4	2134	GRECO Daniele	17.34		+0.9	+
5	1109	SANDS Leevan	17.19		+0.2	+
6	1747	COMPAORE Benjamin	17.08		0.0	+
7	2573	OKE Tosin	16.95		+0.7	+
8	1467	COPELLO Alexis	16.92		+0.5	+
9	2798	ADAMS Lyukman	16.78		+0.2	+
10	1347	DONG Bin	16.75		+0.3	+
11	2029	LAINE Samyr	16.65		+0.8	+
12	1166	PLATNITSKI Dzmitry	16.19		-0.7

Men's Triple Jump Final Updates:



USA's Will Claye leads the final group with his huge personal best this year of 17.70, which he hit in Istanbul at the 2012 World Indoor Championships when he took home the gold. After the long jump final where he took home the bronze medal, today's final competition will determine whether Claye will medal in both the long jump and the triple jump. His biggest competitor will be USA teammate Christian Taylor who is jumping with a season's best of 17.63. Taylor hit 17.63 at the 2012 World Indoor Championships and won the silver medal. He is also coming off of a 2011 World Championships gold medal in the triple jump. 


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last updated: July 18th at 6:05pm CT

Men's Triple Jump Quick Hits
2012 London Olympic Games


Triple Jump Schedule:
Day 5, Aug 7th - Qualification (4:45am CT) - qualifying procedure TBA
Day 7, Aug 9th - FINAL (1:20pm CT)

Triple Jump Records:
World Record - 18.29m - Jonatahn Edwards (GBR) 7 Aug 1995
Olympic Record - 18.09 - Kenny Harrison (USA) 27 July 1996
American Record - 18.09 - Kenny Harrison 27 July 1996

The Favorites: (personal best/season best)
1. Christian Taylor, United States (17.96m/17.63m) - Reigning World Champion. #1 in the world this year. Some talk about breaking the World Record.
2. Will Claye (17.70m/17.55m) - Bronze medalist at the 2011 World Championships, ranked 2nd in the world this year.
3. Lyukman Adams, Russia (17.53m/17.53m) - 3rd at World Indoor Champs this year. Currently ranked 3rd in the world.

The Americans:
1. Christian Taylor (17.96m/17.63m) - World Champion. Rock Star of the triple jump pit
2. Will Claye (17.70m/17.55m) - World Bronze medalist in 2011

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