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PRESS RELEASE « LE SAUT DES GÉANTS » Open Athletics Championships in Tignes TRIPLE JUMP: The double Olympic Champion, Christian Taylor, will compete against Will Claye for a title at the summit! From 16th to 18th August 2017 For this amazing athletics meeting, due to take place at an altitude of over 3000 m, Tignes is proud to confirm the participation of the double Olympic Triple Jump Champion, Christian Taylor. Author of the 3rd best performance of all time in May in Eugene, the American, who has already jumped 18,11 m this year, aims to better the world record at the foot of the Grande Motte glacier. Here, he will compete against his compatriot and challenger, Will Claye. Will the World Record of 18, 29 m, held by the British athlete Jonathan Edwards, withstand the ardour of Taylor and Claye? Christian Taylor, second best global performer of all time ( 18,21 m in the final of the World Championships on 27th August 2015 in Beijing), has confirmed his presence at the highest athletics meeting on the planet. Making a promising start to the 2017 season (18,11 m in Eugene last May), the American will attempt to better the World Record of 18,29 m, held since 1995 by Jonathan Edwards. He will compete against his compatriot, Will Claye, also on the podium in Rio. With a record 17.91 m in 2017, this young athlete literally pushed Christian Taylor into a corner during the meeting in Paris, with a jump of 17.18 m. An intense duel that announces an exciting meeting, only a few days after the World Championships in London.
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