The Women's Triple Jump at the

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on August 15 and August 17. Cuban

Yargelis Savigne Yargelis Savigne Herrera (born 13 November 1984 in Niceto Pérez, Guantanamo) is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump. Her international breakthrough came in 2005, when she, competing in both the triple and long jump even ...

had registered nine of the ten farthest jumps pre-championships and was seen as a strong favourite. The twice world gold medallist

Tatyana Lebedeva Tatyana Romanovna Lebedeva (russian: Татьяна Романовна Лебедева, born 21 July 1976) is a Russian track and field athlete who competes in both the long jump and triple jump events. She is one of the most successful athle ...

and world-leader

Nadezhda Alekhina Nadezhda Alekhina, née Bazhenova (russian: Надежда Алехина; born 22 September 1978) is a Russian triple jumper. She finished fourth at the 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2005 Summer Univ ...

were also considered possible medallists. The reigning Olympic champion, Françoise Mbango, had failed to perform well in the buildup to the championships and did not start the competition. In the qualifying rounds, Asian record holder

Xie Limei Xie Limei (; born June 27, 1986) is a Chinese triple jumper. She won the silver medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships and gold medals at the 2005 Asian Championships and the 2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 ...

had the biggest jump of the day with 14.62 m, improving on her previous season's best by more than 40 cm. Savigne, Lebedeva, and

Mabel Gay Mabel Gay Tamayo (born 5 May 1983 in Santiago de Cuba) is a Cuban triple jumper. Her personal best jump is 14.67 metres, achieved in September 2011 in Daegu. Personal bests Outdoor *Long jump: 6.28 m – Rio de Janeiro, 17 May 2009 *Tripl ...

were the only other athletes to reach the 14.45 m automatic qualifying mark in what was a largely modest qualifying round. The jumps in the final of the competition were not of the standard shown in previous years, and favourite Savigne was largely unchallenged. She took the gold with a best of 14.95 m to become only the second athlete to win consecutive world titles in the event (after Lebedeva's

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double). Second-placed Gay (14.61) won her first ever

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medal and Pyatykh reached the podium with a mark of 14.58 m. Biljana Topic set a Serbian record of 14.52 m for fourth place, but no other athletes managed beyond 14.50 m.Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-17)
Event Report - Women's Triple Jump - Final
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Medalists

Records

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 14.45 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the

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. Key: DNS = Did not start, PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final

Key: NR = National record, SB = Seasonal best

References

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Triple jump results

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Triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

Triple jump at the World Athletics Championships 2009 in women's athletics