Christian Taylor returning in Long Jump

Christian Taylor, photo by World Athletics

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Christian Taylor is the finest triple jumper in the world. In 2011, Christian took gold in Daegu, Korea at the World Outdoor Championships.

He won gold Olympic medals in London in 2012 and Rio in 2016. In 2013, Christian took 4th in the World Championships, then took gold in Beijing 2015, London 2017, and Doha 2019. In 2021, Christian spent the season recovering from an Achilles injury, an he misses the Olympics.

Taylor returning in long jump

GAINESVILLE (USA): Tom Jones Memorial meet in Florida will be the place of come back for Triple jump legend Christian Taylor. After injury and subsequent surgery last year at Ostrava Golden Spike in May he is scheduled to be back in the long jump competition this weekend. In the field strong 8+ jumpers like Matt Boling and Isaac Grimes with Damarcus Simpson.

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Elliott Denman
One of the finest and most prolific writers in our sport, Elliott Denman has written about our sport since 1956, when he represented the US in 1956 Olympic Games at the 50k race walk, the longest event on the Olympic schedule. A close observer of the sport, Elliott writes about all of our sport, combining the skills of a well honed writer with the style of ee Cummings. We are quite fortunate to have Elliott Denman as a friend and advisor.
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