At that time, he broke the world record of 18.29 meters held by Alexander Popolev of the former Soviet Union. The birth of this record marks that the men's triple jump has entered a new era, and also makes Jonathan Edwards one of the greatest athletes in the history of this event.
Jonathan Edwards's jump was considered incredible at that time, because it was beyond people's understanding of triple jump. He has excellent skills, excellent physical conditions and, more importantly, strong psychological quality and competition experience. This jump has also become the most classic jump in the history of men's triple jump and has been recorded in history.
The creation of this record has a far-reaching impact on the future development of men's triple jump. It inspires the courage and confidence of other athletes to challenge the world record, and also promotes the continuous progress and innovation of technology. This record has also become a benchmark in the triple jump competition, which makes people's requirements and standards for this project more stringent and harsh.
The rules of triple jump competition are as follows:
1, draw lots to decide the order of athletes' trial jump.
2. If there are more than 8 athletes, each athlete should be allowed to try to jump 3 times. The top 8 athletes with the best effective results can try to jump three times, and the order of the trial jump is opposite to the ranking after the first three attempts. When there are only 8 people or less in the competition, each person can try to jump 6 times.
3. Once the competition starts, athletes are not allowed to use the race run-up channel for practice.
4. It is judged that the jump test has failed in any of the following circumstances: the ground outside the landing zone is touched during the landing, and the contact point outside the landing zone is closer to the jumper than the contact point inside the area; After completing the trial jump, walk backwards out of the landing zone; Take any somersault position.
5. The springboard behind the athlete's take-off should be effective.
6. When measuring the performance, it should be measured from the nearest point where any part of the athlete touches the ground to the jump shot or the extension line of the jump shot, and the measuring line should be perpendicular to the jump shot or its extension line.
7. Each athlete's best 1 trial jump performance, including the trial jump performance of the final ranking match due to the equal performance of 1, shall be regarded as the final result.