Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela is the Olympic Champion, World Record Holder, 4-time World Champion and 3-time World Indoor Champion in the Triple Jump. She recently announced that she will not compete at the 2024 Olympics due to an Achilles injury, ending her consecutive gold medal streak.

The Triple Jump is often forgotten and far from the most popular events, especially compared to track events like the 100m, 1500m or even field events like the Shot Put and Long Jump. But in just the past 5 years, Rojas and a few other women have arguably produced the most dominance in the event that we have seen in over 15 years.

The women’s event is relatively young, only getting added to the Olympics in 1996, but in the 30 years since then, there have been a few different era’s where women have pushed the boundaries of what is possible in the event. Since winning her first Gold medal in 2017, Yulimar Rojas has arguably ushered in a new era of women’s jumping that will be on full display at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Despite Rojas’ absence this year, the Women’s Triple Jump is in very good hands and will likely be one of, if not the most competitive event to watch at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris this summer. 

Today we’ll dive into a brief history of the Women’s Triple Jump, discuss the different era’s of the event over the past 30 years as well as highlight the top contenders for the podium in Paris later this summer.

Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@atkoeme on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠

SUPPORT THE PODCAST

📱Follow on Instagram: ⁠⁠@thefinalleg on Instagram⁠⁠

🎧⁠Subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts⁠

🎥 ⁠⁠Subscribe to The Final Leg YouTube channel⁠⁠

00:00 Why Yulimar Rojas is the GOAT

2:18 Why I love the Triple Jump

3:16 Introduction to Women’s Triple Jump

4:15 A Brief History

5:30 1st Era: 1990s

6:49 2nd Era: 2000s

8:43 3rd Era: 2010s

10:41 4th Era: Present

14:01 The Current Triple Jump Field

15:55 Closing