The women's

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at the

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was held in

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, France, on 2 and 3 August 2024. This was the eighth time that the event was contested at the

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Summary

Since the 2017 World Championships,

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has won every major championship. In addition to the world record, Rojas owns half of the top triple jumps ever. With Rojas out for the season, this opened the door for other athletes to step up. With silver at three major championships Shanieka Ricketts, tied for #21 all time seemed the likely candidate.

Ana Peleteiro Ana Peleteiro-Compaoré Brión (Birth name, née Peleteiro Brión; born 2 December 1995 in A Coruña, Spain) is a Spanish triple jumper and the current national record holder. She won the gold medal in the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Champio ...

, the returning bronze medalist was also in the competition. Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk was the silver medalist at the most recent

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ahead of Leyanis Pérez. Earlier in the year,

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won the World Indoor Championship over Pérez and Peleteiro. Liadagmis Povea, Jasmine Moore, Peleteiro and Ricketts beat the automatic qualifier on their first attempt. Dariya Derkach and LaFond hit it exactly both on their second attempt. Pérez took all three attempts to pound out the best qualifier 14.68m. Bekh-Romanchuk was the next best non-automatic qualifier. Peleteiro started off the final with 14.55m. That held up through the round until the last two jumpers, Ricketts taking the lead with 14.61m until the last jumper, Pérez, went a centimeter further. The second round got serious. Moore stepped into the lead with a 14.67m which lasted two jumps until LaFond blasted a PB . Dropped to fourth place, Ricketts improved to 14.87m to move into silver position. And the rain came. Peleteiro improved to 14.59 in the fourth round, Povea improved to 14.64m in the fifth, but neither reached Moore. LaFond was the first medal winner of any kind for the island nation of

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with a population barely over 70,000. Her winning mark improved her own National Record and moved her into a tie with Bekh-Romanchuk as #24 of all time.

Background

The women's

has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since

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. Reigning Olympic gold medallist, world record holder and seven-time world champion

was absent from the event after undergoing surgery to repair an achilles injury incurred during a training session in Spain in April 2024.

Records

Qualification

For the women's triple jump event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 14.55 m or further or by their

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for this event.Sean McAlister,
How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained
, '' Olympics.com'', 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

Results

Qualifying round

Progression rules: Qualifying performance 14.35 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Final

References

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