History of the Triple Jump
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Triple Jump
The original triple jump as practised by the Greeks was no more than three
long jumps one after another.
The Celts invented a style of three jumps in a continuous action and this
was regulated at the end of the 19th century, first by the Irish and then
by the Americans.
Originally a hop-hop-jump, with the first two hops taken from the same foot,
the triple jump became the hop-step-jump after 1900.