Report by Samyukta Mallick
Hiroshima, Japan April 29: Abdulla Aboobacker won gold in the Men’s Triple Jump competition at the Mikio Oda Memorial Athletics meet held last month in Japan. He won with the season best leap of 16.31m.
Abdulla is 27 years old. He previously won silver in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 with a jump of 17.02m last year.
What is the Mikio Oda memorial Athletics meet?
The Mikio Oda Memorial Athletics meet is an event held every year in honour of the late Mikio Oda. He was a renowned track and field athlete who represented Japan at many Olympic Games over the years and won laurels and national records for the country. This was the 57th Mikio Oda Memorial Athletics meet.
What is triple jumping?
The sport, triple jump, is like the long jump. The athlete has to perform three phases of the jump. The hop, step and jump. The hop is taken on the right leg. Once landing is placed, a step forward is taken to prepare for the jump. Lastly, the athlete uses the backward force of the leg to leap into a sand pit.
Fouls are considered when the athlete misses the pit, oversteps the mark, or could not complete in the allotted time (90 seconds).
In the end, each jumper’s best jumps are compared. The athlete with the highest jump is declared the winner. In case of ties, the athlete with least fouls wins.
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