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Definition: Triple Jump |
Triple JumpNoun1. An athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Triple JumpSynonym: hop-step-and-jump (n). (additional references) |
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The triple jump is an athletic (track and field) event, previously also known as "hop, step and jump", which describes the actions a competitor takes. The athlete runs down a runway until he reaches a designed mark from which the jump is measured. The first landing after that mark has to be done with the same foot as that which the athlete set off before or on the mark. The next phase is a step (so with the other foot), and finally a jump, landing in a sand box, like in the long jump.
The triple jump has been included in the Olympic Games since its first celebration in 1896; in fact, the first Olympic Champion, James Connolly was a triple jumper. In 1996, a triple jump event for women was held at the Olympics as well, after having been included in the World Championships.
The current male and female world record holders are Jonathan Edwards of the UK, with a jump of 18.29 metres (Goteborg, August 7, 1995) and Inessa Kravets of Ukraine with a jump of 15.50 metres (Goteborg, August 10, 1995).
Other famous triple jumpers:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Triple jump."
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| Language | Translations for "triple jump"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kolmiloikka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | άλμα εισ τριπλούν. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ホジキン病 (Hodgkin's disease, hop step and jump, hospice, hospital, hospitalism, hospitality, host, host club, host computer, host country, host family, hostel, hostess, host-name, phosgene), トリパノソーマ症 (sleeping sickness, toluene, torque, torque converter, tribune, trilemma, trill, trim, trimmer, trimming, triple, triple crown, triple play, trivia, trivialism, trooper, truffle, trypanosoma, trypanosomiasis, Turkey, turquoise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ホスジャンプ (hop step and jump), トリプルジャンプ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ipletray umpjay troskok. (various references) trestegshopp (hop-step-and-jump). (various references) üç adım atlama. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-j-l-m-p-p-r-t-u" | |
-3 letters: imputer, jumpier, lumpier, plumier, plumper, pulpier, ripplet, tippler. | |
-4 letters: impure, impute, iterum, jilter, jimper, jumper, limper, limpet, lipper, lumper, milter, peplum, permit, pileum, pileup, pimple, plutei, prelim, pulper, pulpit, pumper, purple, repump, rimple, ripple, rumple, rutile, telium, tipper, tipple, triple, umpire, uppile, uptime. | |
-5 letters: erupt, ileum, impel, julep, jurel, lemur, letup, liter, litre. | |
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