Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's triple jump

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Women's triple jump
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Carrara Stadium
Dates10 April
Competitors12 from 10 nations
Winning distance14.64 m
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Kimberly Williams  Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Silver medal icon.svg   Shanieka Ricketts  Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Bronze medal icon.svg   Thea LaFond  Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica
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The women's triple jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games , as part of the athletics programme, took place in Carrara Stadium on 10 April 2018. [1] Bronze medalist Thea LaFond was the first Dominican athlete to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games. [2]

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: [3]

World record Flag of Ukraine.svg  Inessa Kravets  (UKR)15.50 m Gothenburg, Sweden 10 August 1995
Games record Flag of England.svg  Ashia Hansen  (ENG)14.86 m Manchester, England 31 July 2002

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
Tuesday 10 April 201819:35Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

With twelve entrants, the event was held as a straight final. [3]

Final

RankName#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Jamaica.svg  Kimberly Williams  (JAM)x
+0.6 m/s		14.34
+0.6 m/s		x
+0.8 m/s		14.37
+1.2 m/s		x
+0.5 m/s		14.64
+0.7 m/s		14.64 PB
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Jamaica.svg  Shanieka Ricketts  (JAM)14.52
+1.0 m/s		x
+0.7 m/s		14.33
+1.2 m/s		14.16
+0.6 m/s		14.39
+0.8 m/s		x
+1.0 m/s		14.52 SB
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Dominica.svg  Thea LaFond  (DMA)13.82
+0.2 m/s		13.52
0.0 m/s		13.92
+0.3 m/s		13.62
+0.6 m/s		x
+0.6 m/s		13.62
+0.6 m/s		13.92
4Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lerato Sechele  (LES)13.10
+1.4 m/s		13.57
+0.6 m/s		11.57
+0.9 m/s		13.21
+0.1 m/s		13.22
+0.5 m/s		13.29
+1.3 m/s		13.57 NR
5Flag of Nigeria.svg  Blessing Ibrahim  (NGR)13.20
+0.2 m/s		13.48
+0.4 m/s		x
+1.1 m/s		12.99
+0.8 m/s		13.27
+0.9 m/s		13.00
+0.9 m/s		13.48
6Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Ayanna Alexander  (TTO)13.39
+0.9 m/s		13.47
+0.8 m/s		x
+0.6 m/s		13.34
+0.9 m/s		13.21
+1.5 m/s		13.27
+1.1 m/s		13.47
7Flag of Cameroon.svg  Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin  (CMR)13.22
+1.4 m/s		13.45
+0.7 m/s		13.10
+0.9 m/s		12.93
+0.5 m/s		x
+1.1 m/s		13.04
+0.8 m/s		13.45
8Flag of Guyana.svg  Natricia Hooper  (GUY)13.07
+1.3 m/s		13.19
+0.3 m/s		13.36
+1.3 m/s		13.24
+1.2 m/s		13.34
+0.9 m/s		11.64
+0.7 m/s		13.36 PB
9Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Tamara Myers  (BAH)x
+1.3 m/s		13.06
+0.2 m/s		13.15
+1.1 m/s		—13.15
10Flag of Ghana.svg  Nadia Eke  (GHA)13.05
+0.3 m/s		x
+1.0 m/s		12.86
+1.1 m/s		13.05
11Flag of Guyana.svg  Natrena Hooper  (GUY)12.32
+0.6 m/s		12.62
+0.8 m/s		12.04
+1.3 m/s		12.62 SB
–Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Rellie Kaputin  (PNG)x
+0.6 m/s		x
+0.4 m/s		x
+0.9 m/s

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References

  1. 1 2 "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Women's triple jump". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "UPDATE: Thea Lafond wins bronze for Dominica at Commonwealth Games". Dominica News Online. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 Athletics | Women's Triple Jump - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 203. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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