USA's Christian Taylor celebrates with the national flag after winning the Men's Triple Jump final at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on September 29, 2019. (AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV)
American star Christian Taylor bagged his third straight men’s triple jump title at the IAAF World Athletics Championships after bouncing back from a shaky start at the Khalifa International Stadium yesterday.
Taylor, who has won the last two Olympic titles, fouled in the first two rounds and was on the brink of exiting the competition before he produced his season best performance of 17.92m to win his fourth overall world title.
“It is a great feeling,” Taylor said after winning the title.
“It is very good to be here and competing at the World Championships. I am very happy to win another world title,” he added.
Taylor’s compatriot Will Claye, who has a world leading jump of 18.14, finished with a silver medal after a jump of 17.74. Claye has won Olympic silver behind Taylor at London 2012 and Rio 2016, and world silver behind him in London before falling short against him in Doha.
It was a tough contest as for the first time four men went beyond 17.60m in the competition, with Burkinabé ‘s Hugues Fabrice Zango’s (17.66m), clinching the bronze medal.
