The women`s triple jump finals took place on the night of August 7th in warm and still weather conditions. Coming into the event, it was predicted to be a battle between Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela and Caterine Ibargüen from Colombia. It ended up being a close battle between the two South Americans. However, it was a fifth round jump of 14.91 metres that clinched the gold medal for Rojas ahead of Ibargüen who had led from the third round with 14.89 metres. She was unable to better Rojas in her final round and so had to settle for silver. Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan claimed the bronze medal with her third round jump of 14.77 metres. (Attention! registration on the IAAF site is required for downloading)
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