Christian Taylor (left) and Will Claye (right) chomped the night away after another gold-silver sweep.
Taylor, Claye Post Gold-Silver Sweep at World Championships
Thursday, August 10, 2017 | Track and Field
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Christian Taylor is the first three-time world champion in the event, while Will Claye nabbed his third medal
By: Zach Dirlam
LONDON – For the third time in the last five outdoor global championship meets, triple jumpers Christian Taylor (2009-11) and Will Claye (2010-11) swept the gold and silver medals for the United States, with the latest coming Thursday (Aug. 10) night at the IAAF World Championships. The duo finished 44 centimeters clear of bronze medalistNelson Evora.
The other two sweeps from Taylor and Claye came at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
Taylor became the first triple jumper in history to win three world titles. The reigning two-time Olympic gold medalist also won world titles in 2011 and 2015. Moreover, Taylor is the first man in history to win consecutive triple jump world titles.
Claye collected this third World Championships medal, adding it to bronze medals from 2011 and 2013. The reigning two-time Olympic silver medalist became the fifth three-time triple jump World Championships medalist in history. The other four are world record holder Jonathan Edwards (five), Evora (four), Mike Conley (three), and Taylor (three).
In the only other event of the night featuring a Gator, incoming freshman Hakim Sani Brown finished seventh in the 200 meters final. Sani Brown was the youngest World Championships 200 finalist in history, a record previously held by Usain Bolt, who finished eighth in the 2005 final the day before his 19th birthday. Sani Brown turned 18 in March.
Genevieve LaCaze (2009-12) will be the only Gator in action Friday (Aug. 11). The Australian runs the 3,000-meter steeplechase final at 4:25 p.m. ET on the Olympic Channel. LaCaze is the first Aussie in history to make the World Championships final.
"I love the Gator Nation, through and through. Orange and Blue is in my veins ... and I never try to get too far away from that. That's what keeps me humble and really drives me. (Nike) knows that's really comforting for me. Anytime I can represent or shoutout to the Gator Nation, I try." --Christian Taylor on the spikes he wore Thursday (Photo: Jeff Cohen)
Kerron Clement received his bronze medal from the 400 hurdles earlier in the night. (Photo: Jeff Cohen)
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