University of Georgia sophomore Keturah Orji broke her own American record in the triple jump, finishing fourth in her first Olympic appearance. 



Orji's first jump in tonight's 12-woman final soared to 14.71m, 18 centimeters better than her previous record (14.52m) set at this spring's NCAA championships.

​She failed to improve that mark, however, and was overtaken by Caterine Ibarguen (COL), Yulimar Rojas (VEN) and Olga Rypakova (KAZ). Remarkably, Orji's fourth-place jump was only 3 centimeters behind bronze medalist Rypakova. Orji's wind reading was +0.0, while Rypakova's was +0.3. ​

The women's triple jump has only been an Olympic event since 1996, while the men have been competing since 1896.​ No U.S. woman has ever medaled at an Olympic Games or world championships in this event.