2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump

Just a month before this event, Yulimar Rojas jumped 15.41m for the #2 mark in history. It was almost half a metre longer than world #2 Shanieka Ricketts. #6 of all time Caterine Ibargüen was also in this competition and has been in that neighborhood in the past, but hadn't jumped over 15 metres since 2016. At 35, she had already set the Masters world record twice this season.

As the third jumper in the finals, Rickets put her first effort out at 14.81m. The next jumper up was Rojas jumping marginally better with a 14.87m. The next best jumper in the first round was Kimberly Williams with a 14.64m, her personal best. As her second attempt, Rojas landed 15.37 m (50 ft 5 in) (-0.6) meaning into a slight headwind. It was the #4 jump in history, with only Françoise Mbango Etone's winning jump from the 2008 Olympics separating it from her own #2. Game. Set. Match.

Later in the round, Williams duplicated her personal best and held on to third place until the fifth round, when Ibargüen took the bronze away with a 14.73m. On her third attempt, the crowd was silenced for a moment as Rojas flew beyond the world record, but the jump was ruled a foul as she took off more than half a shoe length beyond the take off board. Inconsequential to the results, Rojas' fourth attempt of 15.18m equaled the #26 jump in history[2] and was the sixth longest ancillary jump in history.[3]

Before the competition records were as follows:[4]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	15.50	Inessa Kravets	UKR	10 Aug 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
Championship	15.50	Inessa Kravets	UKR	10 Aug 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
World leading	15.41 m (50 ft 6 1⁄2 in)	Yulimar Rojas	VEN	6 Sep 2019	Andújar, Spain
South American
African	15.39	Françoise Mbango Etone	CMR	17 Aug 2008	Beijing, China
Asian	15.25	Olga Rypakova	KAZ	4 Sep 2010	Split, Croatia
NACAC	15.29	Yamilé Aldama	CUB	11 Jul 2003	Rome, Italy
European	15.50	Inessa Kravets	UKR	10 Aug 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
Oceanian	14.04	Nicole Mladenis	AUS	9 Mar 2002	Hobart, Australia
		Nicole Mladenis	AUS	7 Dec 2003	Perth, Australia

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:[5]