2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump

The women's triple jump at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 March 2018.[1][2]

Women's triple jump
at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
VenueArena Birmingham
Dates3 March
Competitors17 from 14 nations
Winning distance14.63
Medalists
    Venezuela
    Jamaica
    Spain

Summary

With 17 finalists, a qualifying round was barely avoided. In the competition, defending champion Yulimar Rojas took the lead as the first jumper down the runway with a 14.24m. Near the end of the round, Keturah Orji jumped 14.13m to take over second. Then two jumps later, Kimberly Williams took over the lead with a 14.37m. Williams improved upon that in her next two attempts taking the lead out to 14.48m. Rojas also improved to 14.36m. In the third round, Andreea Panturoiu moved past Orji with a 14.16m. At the end of the round Ana Peleteiro moved past Panturoiu with a 14.18m. In the fourth round, Panturoiu jumped her best of the day, 14.33m to move back into silver position only until Peleteiro jumped 14.40m on the next jump. On the next jump, Rojas displaced Panturoiu with a 14.36m. On her fifth attempt, Rojas finally settled the competition with the winner 14.63 m (47 ft 11 34 in) to repeat as champion.

Results

The final was started at 11:00.[3]

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Yulimar Rojas Venezuela14.2414.0714.3614.2714.63x14.63WL
Kimberly Williams Jamaica14.3714.4114.4814.31x14.3214.48PB
Ana Peleteiro Spain13.1813.8214.1814.40xx14.40PB
4Andreea Panturoiu Romania14.05x14.1614.33xx14.33=PB
5Keturah Orji United States14.13x14.0714.2814.3114.31
6Paraskevi Papahristou Greece14.0511.7314.0113.36x14.05
7Viktoriya Prokopenko Authorised Neutral Athletes13.7613.8714.0513.7213.9214.05
8Tori Franklin United States14.0313.5213.7011.3413.9414.03
9Nubia Soares Brazilx13.9714.0014.00SB
10Shanieka Ricketts Jamaica13.9313.3613.6813.93
11Gabriela Petrova Bulgariaxx13.9113.91SB
12Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė Lithuania13.9013.7413.6413.90
13Neele Eckhardt Germany13.2413.8713.7013.87
14Iryna Vaskouskaya Belarusx13.8113.3713.81
15Anna Krylova Authorised Neutral Athletes13.7513.6613.4913.75
16Kristiina Mäkelä Finlandx13.7313.5713.73
17Thea Lafond Dominicax13.6313.6813.68

References

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