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
gold medal    Venezuela
silver medal    Jamaica
bronze medal    Spain
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Summary edit

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 edit

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

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
  Yulimar Rojas   Venezuela 14.24 14.07 14.36 14.27 14.63 x 14.63 WL
  Kimberly Williams   Jamaica 14.37 14.41 14.48 14.31 x 14.32 14.48 PB
  Ana Peleteiro   Spain 13.18 13.82 14.18 14.40 x x 14.40 PB
4 Andreea Panturoiu   Romania 14.05 x 14.16 14.33 x x 14.33 =PB
5 Keturah Orji   United States 14.13 x 14.07 14.28 14.31 14.31
6 Paraskevi Papahristou   Greece 14.05 11.73 14.01 13.36 x 14.05
7 Viktoriya Prokopenko   Authorised Neutral Athletes 13.76 13.87 14.05 13.72 13.92 14.05
8 Tori Franklin   United States 14.03 13.52 13.70 11.34 13.94 14.03
9 Nubia Soares   Brazil x 13.97 14.00 14.00 SB
10 Shanieka Ricketts   Jamaica 13.93 13.36 13.68 13.93
11 Gabriela Petrova   Bulgaria x x 13.91 13.91 SB
12 Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė   Lithuania 13.90 13.74 13.64 13.90
13 Neele Eckhardt   Germany 13.24 13.87 13.70 13.87
14 Iryna Vaskouskaya   Belarus x 13.81 13.37 13.81
15 Anna Krylova   Authorised Neutral Athletes 13.75 13.66 13.49 13.75
16 Kristiina Mäkelä   Finland x 13.73 13.57 13.73
17 Thea LaFond   Dominica x 13.63 13.68 13.68

References edit

  1. ^ "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ Final results