Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. An athletics field event where one has to travel as far as possible after taking one hop, a step, then a jump
WordNet
n. an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement [syn: hop-step-and-jump]
Wikipedia
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 the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit. The triple jump was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games and has been a modern Olympics event since the Games' inception in 1896.
According to IAAF rules, "the hop shall be made so that an athlete lands first on the same foot as that from which he has taken off; in the step he shall land on the other foot, from which, subsequently, the jump is performed."
The current male and female world record holders are Jonathan Edwards of Great Britain, with a jump of , and Inessa Kravets of Ukraine, with a jump of . Both records were set during 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg.
Usage examples of "triple jump".
Then the triple jump and the dog getting chilled pushed him over the edge.
He sipped his container of hot tea and watched the monitor screen, which was now focused on the very difficult triple jump marking the midway point of the Long Stretch.
They're approaching from behind the sun after making a triple jump!
The dry chuckles of old men as someone accomplishes the fabled triple jump.
He had brought Nicole one of his prized possessions, a program from the 2184 Olympics in nearly perfect condition, and had asked her to sign the page featuring the women's triple jump.
Her timing had been way off in the triple jump, but after thirty minutes of warmup and practice Nicole had managed to long jump six and a half meters.
I wanted to show the world that I could-play by all the rules and still win, just as I had done with the triple jump in the Olympic games.
One gold for Jonathan Edwards in the triple jump and a bronze for Dean Macey in the decathlon.