2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump

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Women's triple jump
at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue Arena Birmingham
Dates3 March
Competitors17 from 14 nations
Winning distance14.63
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
  2016
2022  

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

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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
Gold medal icon.svg Yulimar Rojas Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 14.2414.0714.3614.2714.63x14.63WL
Silver medal icon.svg Kimberly Williams Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 14.3714.4114.4814.31x14.3214.48PB
Bronze medal icon.svg Ana Peleteiro Flag of Spain.svg Spain13.1813.8214.1814.40xx14.40PB
4 Andreea Panturoiu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 14.05x14.1614.33xx14.33=PB
5 Keturah Orji Flag of the United States.svg United States14.13x14.0714.2814.3114.31
6 Paraskevi Papahristou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 14.0511.7314.0113.36x14.05
7 Viktoriya Prokopenko ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes 13.7613.8714.0513.7213.9214.05
8 Tori Franklin Flag of the United States.svg United States14.0313.5213.7011.3413.9414.03
9 Nubia Soares Flag of Brazil.svg Brazilx13.9714.0014.00SB
10 Shanieka Ricketts Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 13.9313.3613.6813.93
11 Gabriela Petrova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria xx13.9113.91SB
12 Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 13.9013.7413.6413.90
13 Neele Eckhardt Flag of Germany.svg Germany13.2413.8713.7013.87
14 Iryna Vaskouskaya Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus x13.8113.3713.81
15 Anna Krylova ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes 13.7513.6613.4913.75
16 Kristiina Mäkelä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland x13.7313.5713.73
17 Thea LaFond Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica x13.6313.6813.68

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References

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