Sunday, September 29
Doha, Qatar
2:45 PM
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IAAF World Championships
Christian Taylor (left) and Will Claye (right) made it a Gators sweep once again.
Taylor, Claye Once Again Sweep Triple Jump at World Championships
Sunday, September 29, 2019 | Track and Field
DOHA, Qatar – Gators Greats Christian Taylor and Will Claye once again claimed the top two spots on the triple jump medal podium at the IAAF World Championships, with Taylor winning his fourth career world title and Claye picking up his second consecutive silver medal.
Taylor and Claye have been the gold and silver medalists (in that order each time) at the last three global championships – 2015 and 2017 World Championships, 2016 Olympics.
Taylor already held the record for most World Championships victories in the triple jump entering Sunday, but he is now the only four-time world champion of the event. He is also the first man to win three consecutive gold medals at the World Championships. Including his victories at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, Taylor has won six of the last seven global titles.
Claye has finished second to Taylor at four of the last six global championships – 2012 and 2016 Olympics, 2017 and 2019 World Championships. His four combined World Championships medals in the triple jump (two silver, bronzes in 2011 and 2013) are tied with Taylor for the second-most in meet history. The two men trial world-record holder Jonathan Edwards' five medals.
Fouls on Taylor's first two jumps created quite the dramatic third attempt, as he needed to eclipse 17 meters just to stay in the competition. Taylor easily cleared the distance, then seized the lead on his fourth jump. His title-winning jump came in the fifth round, when he reached a season-best distance of 17.92 meters.
Claye opened with a jump of 17.61 meters, then followed it with a 17.72-meter jump, which kept him in the lead until Taylor's fourth-round jump. Claye's best two jumps of the day were 17.74 meters in the fourth and fifth round.
The Bowerman finalist and 8-time NCAA champion Grant Holloway competes in his first World Championships Monday, while Genevieve Gregson (3,000-meter steeplechase) and TJ Holmes (400-meter hurdles) will compete in finals of their respective events.
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Taylor and Claye have been the gold and silver medalists (in that order each time) at the last three global championships – 2015 and 2017 World Championships, 2016 Olympics.
Taylor already held the record for most World Championships victories in the triple jump entering Sunday, but he is now the only four-time world champion of the event. He is also the first man to win three consecutive gold medals at the World Championships. Including his victories at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, Taylor has won six of the last seven global titles.
Claye has finished second to Taylor at four of the last six global championships – 2012 and 2016 Olympics, 2017 and 2019 World Championships. His four combined World Championships medals in the triple jump (two silver, bronzes in 2011 and 2013) are tied with Taylor for the second-most in meet history. The two men trial world-record holder Jonathan Edwards' five medals.
"We were put in thus position to push each other to break the 🌎 record."@WilliamClaye, @Taylored2jump drawing 👀👀https://t.co/thpAl20PEQ
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) August 12, 2017
Fouls on Taylor's first two jumps created quite the dramatic third attempt, as he needed to eclipse 17 meters just to stay in the competition. Taylor easily cleared the distance, then seized the lead on his fourth jump. His title-winning jump came in the fifth round, when he reached a season-best distance of 17.92 meters.
Claye opened with a jump of 17.61 meters, then followed it with a 17.72-meter jump, which kept him in the lead until Taylor's fourth-round jump. Claye's best two jumps of the day were 17.74 meters in the fourth and fifth round.
The Bowerman finalist and 8-time NCAA champion Grant Holloway competes in his first World Championships Monday, while Genevieve Gregson (3,000-meter steeplechase) and TJ Holmes (400-meter hurdles) will compete in finals of their respective events.
2019 IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS INFORMATION (all times Eastern)
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| Day 3 – Sunday, September 29th (triple jump was final) | |
| Event | Place, Gators (Country) – Mark [Wind] | Notes |
| TJ (M) | 1. Christian Taylor (United States) – 17.92 meters [+0.9] | Season-best mark |
| 2. Will Claye (United States) – 17.74 meters [+0.9] | |
| Day 4 – Monday, September 30th (bold italics denotes final) | |
| Time | Gators (Country) – Event |
| 1:05 p.m. | Grant Holloway (United States) – Men's 110-meter Hurdles [preliminary] |
| 2:50 p.m. | Genevieve LaCaze (Australia) – Women's 3,000-meter Steeplechase |
| 3:40 p.m. | TJ Holmes (United States) – Men's 400-meter Hurdles |
| Day 6 – Wednesday, October 2nd (bold italics denotes final) | |
| Time | Gators (Country) – Event |
| 1:05 p.m. | Grant Holloway (United States) – Men's 110-meter Hurdles [semifinals] |
| 3:55 p.m. | Holloway (United States) – Men's 110-meter Hurdles |
| Day 7 – Thursday, October 3rd | |
| Time | Gators (Country) – Event |
| 12:20 p.m. | Kemal Mesic (Bosnia) – Men's Shot Put [qualifying – Group A] |
| 1:40 p.m. | Kemal Mesic (Bosnia) – Men's Shot Put [qualifying – Group B] |
| Day 8 – Friday, October 4th (bold italics denotes final) | |
| Time | Gators (Country) – Event |
| 2:05 p.m. | Raymond Ekevwo (Nigeria); Hakim Sani Brown (Japan) – Men's 4x100 relay [preliminary] |
| Day 9 – Saturday, October 5th (bold italics denotes final) | |
| Time | Gators (Country) – Event |
| 10:50 a.m. | Yanis David (France); Shara Proctor (Great Britain) – Women's Long Jump [qualifying] |
| 1:05 p.m. | Kemal Mesic (Bosnia) – Men's Shot Put |
| 3:15 p.m. | Raymond Ekevwo (Nigeria); Hakim Sani Brown (Japan) – Men's 4x100 relay |
| Day 10 – Sunday, October 6th (bold italics denotes final) | |
| Time | Gators (Country) – Event |
| 12:15 p.m. | Yanis David (France); Shara Proctor (Great Britain) – Women's Long Jump |
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